Embedded Player In 1944, an Italian prisoner of war was lynched in a riot at Fort Lawton in Seattle, Washington. Forty three black soldiers were charged in the incident, and 28 of them were convicted. Now, more than 60 years later, the Army Board for Correction of Military Records has overturned the convictions after the military found major issues with the soldiers' court martial. Farai Chideya speaks with Howard Cooley, an attorney with the law firm Patrick Henry. It represented the family of Booker Townsell, one of the soldiers charged in the case.