110 Black soldiers issued honorable discharges over a century after being unfairly convicted



110 men of the all-Black 24th Infantry’s third battalion were all convicted of murder, mutiny and assault after taking part in a race riot over a century ago. Now, the U.S. Army issued honorable discharges for them, making their survivors eligible for benefits. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson shares more.

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23 comments

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  3. As a Former Marine this makes me cry. Man why oh why God do they hate us because of the color of our skin….You can feel the release in this video you can really feel the let loose of freedom.

  4. These certain white Devils . . Still don't want to tell the truth . . if it wasn't for the Black in the military . . America would of been destroyed period . . But it's Still Not over and America still will pay for that . . and Slavery . . P.S. yeah reparations is part of that 🤨🤨

  5. Eligible for benefits they can now never receive because they and their hopes and aspirations were murdered?

  6. They murdered 19 people in a race riot? This isn't Justice, this is entirely something else. Deplorable.

  7. They do not deserve clemency.

    These soldiers murdered 10 civilians, wounded 12 more, killed an unarmed national guardsman who came to ask them to stop.

    And the Lord Jesus is not black btw….

  8. They stole weapons, went AWOL and rioted, doesn't sound too honorable to me.

  9. They finally got justice after 100 years, makes me sick to my stomach. Thank you all for your Service, RIP ♥💟♥

  10. Thank you thank you for serving and protecting our country, The United States of America Soil 🇺🇲

  11. Thats why they were so afraid of CRT and why desantis is taking out black history
    from schools. cause what Whytes did to Blck americans would make your stomach turn.
    its disgusting. they downplay alot of the evil vile cruel things THEY did to us.
    From buck breaking, to collecting our body parts like jeffery dahmer, to throwing
    black babies to alligators for bait….Man it gets my blood boiling. and slavery wasnt
    too long ago.

  12. Those same people still run this country and are your politicians teachers police officers judges doctors law makers PRESIDENTS
    governors mayors etc etc. It makes me gag when i hear colonizers complain about crime when they are the ones who systematically
    oppress and
    create hostile environments that lead people to crime. who else do you think profit off prisons/jails? not the natives, asian, or blks.

  13. How would anyone know if they were unfairly convicted? It was a hundred years ago. Where’s the evidence. Seems more political than military or legal.

  14. lets re wrire history to make it more comfortable

  15. Of course their singing black gospel

  16. Do their famlies get all their back pay, plus interest?
    How about the USS LIBERTY the US NAVY ship Israel attacked killing a couple dozen sailors??
    When we gonna correct that injustice??? Some of the survivors are still alive.

  17. Ridiculously Sad😢🙏🏽💟

  18. This shid isn’t surprising. This country is the biggest Babylon.

  19. Publicity stunt. It only took a century to exonerate these men. Pathetic. SMH 🙄