Strange. That article insists on reinforcing this fact, but the first 5 other random articles over some civilian arrests I clicked on didn't feel the need to bring this up.
That's literally exactly what has happened. This is the US without reconstruction. Lincoln might have actually done something but Johnson, the piece of shit racist that he was, basically shrugged off the war and pretended everything was all better. The south, full of hateful racist traitors, has been a festering rotting cancerous wound on the nation since then.
And despite his knowledge and experience, chose to join the haphazard mission in pursuit of something he apparently valued more than the risks. So it sounds like he made a very clear choice and was dealt the expected hand from said choice.
Strange. That article insists on reinforcing this fact, but the first 5 other random articles over some civilian arrests I clicked on didn't feel the need to bring this up.