Attorney, family of Black airman fatally shot by Florida deputies say he was a patriot
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 9, 2024
FILE - Civil rights attorney Ben Crump speaks in the Audubon Ballroom, now part of The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, in New York, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The mother of a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was fatally shot by deputies who burst into his apartment in the Florida Panhandle began crying while listening to her family’s attorney recount the death of her son.
“My baby was shot up,” said Chantimekki Fortson . . .
