Tampa Bay Times Article- Okeechobee
- Paul Abrahams
- Feb 28, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Aug 24, 2023
By
Ben MontgomeryTimes Correspondent
Published Jul. 12, 2014
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OKEECHOBEE — The sheriff's deputies saw blood on the back of Joseph Johnson's shirt. He was 12, in 1959, walking down a Sarasota street after another beating from his stepmother.
There's no way this is going to happen to you again, one of the deputies told him.