Florida Apologizes for 'Gross Injustices' to Four Black Men, Decades Later

[SummerMadness]

Florida Apologizes for 'Gross Injustices' to Four Black Men, Decades Later

More than a half-century after a violent, dramatic criminal case in central Florida earned national attention, the State Senate passed a resolution Thursday apologizing to the families of four black men who were "victims of racial hatred" and "gross injustices" during the era of state-sanctioned segregation in the American South.

The so-called Groveland Four — Charles Greenlee, Ernest Thomas, Walter Irvin and Samuel Shepherd — were accused of raping a white woman in 1949 near the city of Groveland in Lake County, Fla. One was killed within days. Three were beaten in custody and convicted. Of those, one was shot dead on his way to a retrial.

 

[joshua 1 9]

So what's your opinion of the apology to these falsely accused men?

Why? What does an apology accomplish? When we are wronged then we need to forgive. If we can not do that on our own then we need God to do a work in us. Of course repentance is always good for the guilty party. People need to turn away from their sin. Are you considering an apology a part of the admission of guilt process? Because an apology is not always an admission of guilt.

 

[Stellar Vision]

Why? What does an apology accomplish? When we are wronged then we need to forgive. If we can not do that on our own then we need God to do a work in us. Of course repentance is always good for the guilty party. People need to turn away from their sin. Are you considering an apology a part of the admission of guilt process? Because an apology is not always an admission of guilt.

As part of the bill, this apology acknowledges the grave injustice perpetrated against these men and deems them exonerated with an urging for pardons by the Governor. The official nature of this admission carries weight for the families of these men. I think that's a good accomplishment. It sounds like you do too with respect to the guilty party repenting.

 

[HelloFriends]

so did they ever catch the 4 black men who DID rape her? wasn't that a grave injustice to the victim?

 

[Stellar Vision]

so did they ever catch the 4 black men who DID rape her? wasn't that a grave injustice to the victim?

The Physicians Report on Norma Padgett, which had been sealed for 60 years, found no evidence of rape.