Family demands answers after video released showing fatal shooting of a Black U.S. airman at home
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2024
- U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, was in his home in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, when he was shot by an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy on May 3.
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DO NOT LET the local sheriff's office conduct their own investigation into this.
Why is he labeled as a "Black" Airman? Why not just Airman?
That looks like an execution from a movie.
Thats what I call a coward police officer. These guys shouldn’t be cops. The gun was clearly pointing down, how about instructing the kid to put the gun down and take control of the situation…?? The fear makes them trigger happy…
Y'all foul as hell for not showing how when he 1st knocked he didn't identify himself AND purposefully stepped out of peephole view. Like the scam criminals have been doing.
They keep leaving out the fact the cop hides from the peep hole. When the dude opened the door he didn’t know for sure it was an officer. The cover up has already started.
He straight up murdered that kid..don't try that i feared for my life crap...
I counted 4 shots. Like the dude was asssanated at his own front door. The sheriff department shouldn't be near this case. I would say state police and maybe the FBI.
Just by reading the comments posted on this video, it seems that most people don't give a damn about this airman who was just trying to serve his country, then gets killed unnecessarily.
Gotta answer door in bullet proof vest deeze dayz
If the sheriff said the officer shot the airman in self-defense, that means that the sheriff would have charged the airman with a criminal charge if he had survived. What criminal charges could the sheriff department charge the airman if he would have survived?
Remember this is the same police department whose officers went to a shootout with Alvin, Simon and Theodore after they drop an Acorn on the car.
This was the same police department that had an officer mag dump a vehicle when an acorn fell from a tree a few months ago. This department needs investigated.
That officer was already thinking about shooting someone because they said it was a noise complaint, why did that cop have his gun already out in his hand for a noise complaint, no one said they heard gun shots, so there was no reason for him to have his gun..plus the kid had his hand up and gun down..
Clearly the officer was extremely aggresive from the moment he approached the door without knowing all the facts, on top of that he did'nt make the effort of being seen thru the peephole; clearly his initial reaction contributed to the Airman reacting the way he did.
By all accounts, this young airman was liked and respected by his AFSOC teammates and leaders. He was serving his country and clearly had a bright future.
I really wish the news stations would tell the truth . ABC did not show the full video from the sheriffs departments news brief. Shame on you ABC.
😢 this pisses me off.
You have every right to protect your own house.
Coward 👮♂️ needs to go to prison for life