Body cam footage of Air Force Airman murdered by Florida police released
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But a 35 year veteran Black cop in Georgia, was fired for claiming he was racially profiled, and using profanity.
I don’t and I would. Cops are all the same. It’s a requirement of their job. They break the law everyday all day, hide behind the badge and do horrific shit. At the very least even the best ones have to look passed what the worst ones do, and that in itself makes them TERRIBLE at their job, because if they actually be good and do their job, none of the other ones will have their backs and label them snitches. Their code of silence is shitting on the mafias. I tell u goofy niggas and CACs all the time, there no such thing as “good police”. The moment they become “good” they get fired and their pension gets taken.
And no, I have never and would never call the police. They don’t make anything better. They just add to the danger and unpredictability of the situation. At most I’ll file a report later if it helps my court case, but even that feels ewwww
Teen brother of Air Force airman who was killed by Florida deputy is fatally shot near Atlanta
Teen brother of Air Force airman who was killed by Florida deputy is fatally shot near Atlanta
Authorities say the teenage brother of a U.S. Air Force airman who was fatally shot in his home by a Florida sheriff’s deputy in May was shot to death this week near Atlanta.
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Damn wtfTeen brother of Air Force airman who was killed by Florida deputy is fatally shot near Atlanta
Teen brother of Air Force airman who was killed by Florida deputy is fatally shot near Atlanta
Authorities say the teenage brother of a U.S. Air Force airman who was fatally shot in his home by a Florida sheriff’s deputy in May was shot to death this week near Atlanta.
Teen brother of Air Force airman who was killed by Florida deputy is fatally shot near Atlanta
Teen brother of Air Force airman who was killed by Florida deputy is fatally shot near Atlanta
Authorities say the teenage brother of a U.S. Air Force airman who was fatally shot in his home by a Florida sheriff’s deputy in May was shot to death this week near Atlanta.
Deputy charged with manslaughter in shooting death of Black airman
The charge against a former Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputy comes three months after Roger Fortson was shot. The case drew widespread condemnation.By Lori Rozsa
August 23, 2024 at 4:53 p.m. EDT
A former sheriff’s deputy in Florida has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a Black airman who was relaxing at home when an officer knocked on his door, demanded that he open it and then shot him.
The officer’s fatal use of force, captured on body-camera footage, drew outcry from civil rights leaders who said it once again underscored systemic issues with over-aggressive police behavior toward Black citizens.
The Okaloosa County State Attorney’s Office announced Friday that Eddie Lee Duran Jr. had been charged with one count of manslaughter with a firearm in the shooting death of Roger Fortson. An arrest warrant for Duran has been issued, Assistant State Attorney Greg Marcille said.
“This decision marks the first step towards justice for the family of Roger Fortson,” civil rights attorney Ben Crump said in a statement. “Nothing can ever bring Roger back, and our fight is far from over.”
Crump is representing Fortson’s family, who have been demanding criminal charges against the deputy since the shooting in early May. Meka Fortson, Roger’s mother, has traveled to Fort Walton Beach, Fla., from the family’s home in Atlanta several times to try to clear her son’s name. The Air Force rallied around her family after her son’s death, and Vice President Kamala Harris called to express her sympathy.
Investigators say Fortson, 23, was alone with his small dog in his apartment, talking to his girlfriend on FaceTime, when Duran knocked loudly at his door before identifying himself as a police officer.
Duran was responding to a 911 call reporting an alleged domestic disturbance. An employee at the apartment complex directed Duran to Fortson’s unit, although no disturbance can be heard on the deputy’s body cam.
Fortson told his girlfriend he was alarmed at the aggressive knocking, and he retrieved his handgun from another room before he opened the door. Duran’s body-cam video shows Fortson opening his door holding the gun down to his side. Within seconds, Duran opened fire and shot him six times.
Duran, 38, told Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies that “when I saw his eyes, I saw aggression,” and that he fired his gun because he thought Fortson was going to shoot him.
The sheriff’s office determined Duran’s use of force “was not objectively reasonable” and fired him on May 31.
“We continue to wish Mr. Fortson’s family comfort and peace, as the former deputy’s criminal case proceeds,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement Friday.
Duran’s attorney John Whitaker did not return requests for comment.
Meka Fortson said her son was a model citizen who joined the Air Force to help his family and was a mentor to two younger siblings. She suffered a second tragedy in July when Roger’s 16-year-old brother, Andre, was shot to death near the apartment complex where the family lived in Atlanta.
Police said two groups of people were shooting each other when Andre Fortson was hit. Police said they arrested a 20-year-old man and accused him of aggravated assault.
Roger Fortson was assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron as a special missions aviator stationed in the Florida Panhandle. He joined the Air Force when he graduated from high school in Atlanta.
The manslaughter charge against Duran is a first-degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
Pig sounds like the pig that murdered Sonya Massey because he said when she said “i rebuke you“ he thought she was going to kill him
