Official apologizes for Hitler online post
Clerk of courts said she regrets inaccurate Facebook quotation
After days of withering criticism — including from the Broward congressional delegation — Clerk of Courts Brenda Forman has apologized for posting on social media a quotation she believed came from Adolf Hitler.
Forman posted her apology in the same way she posted the original passage: at night, on Facebook.
“I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community,” the apology said, adding that she “deeply regret[s] the pain that it has caused to members of your community. It was never my intention to hurt or offend anyone.”
The quotation, which was attributed to Hitler’s manifesto Mein Kampf, actually didn’t come from him. And the picture supposedly of Hitler accompanying the post was actually a doctored image of a former British prime minister.
At first, her post on Monday night didn’t garner much attention. But on Tuesday night, word spread, and community leaders started posting questions and criticisms on her Facebook page and elsewhere on social media.
Late Tuesday night, after the first wave of criticism, she first defended the post, then deleted it.
She didn’t respond to requests for comment on Wednesday. Later that day, the four members of Congress from Broward County, two of whom are Jewish, demanded that Forman apologize to the entire community.
Finally, on Thursday night, she
disciplinary issues with the school district.
Brown started with the district in 2013 at Silver Ridge Elementary in Davie. She was recommended for termination during her probationary period and resigned instead, district officials said.
“There were performance issues about tardiness and her classrooms and teaching skills,” said district lawyer Andrew Carrabi.
But she was still eligible to work for the district and became a substitute teacher. In 2017, she was hired again by Pasadena Lakes as a teacher.
“When someone is let go on probationary leave, I don’t understand why we hire them in a different school,” Board member Laurie Rich Levinson said.
Bradley was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery on a student in 2014 after a 10-year-old boy went home with bruises on his arm. State prosecutors eventually elected not to pursue criminal charges but the school district’s Professional Standards Committee issued a letter of reprimand after it determined Bradley had violated state ethics rules and professional conduct standards, records show.