Amid a contentious debate that evoked race, spilled blood and child abuse, a state-created task force recommended that Florida move bodies found on the campus of a now-shuttered reform school and bury them somewhere in the state’s capital city.

The decision was not unanimous but it was indicative of the raw emotions that surrounded those struggling with the legacy of the Arthur G. Dozier School. The school, located 60 miles west of Tallahassee, was shut down in 2011. Some former students have accused school officials of physical and sexual abuse.

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