It’s taken decades, but Florida is now apologizing for two of the darker misdeeds of its past.
The Florida House unanimously passed two resolutions Tuesday. The first acknowledged decades of abuse at a Florida reform school and the second apologized to the families of four young black men known as the “Groveland Four.” They were accused of raping a white girl 68 years ago in what’s now seen as a case of racial injustice.
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