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Florida cop’s bodycam footage captures the moment when a Black US airman was shot. The footage by Florida Police shows a deputy outside an apartment door & opening fire as soon as it opens. The Black US airman standing on the other side of the door was killed in the firing by the cop. Florida cop’s bodycam […]
Video Video released of fatal police shooting of Black US Airman at home ABC News Source link
MIAMI (AP) — Deputies burst into wrong apartment last week and fatally shot Black US Air Force airman, attorney for family says. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Source link
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy announced himself as law enforcement just before fatally shooting a Black U.S. Air Force airman inside his apartment in the state’s Panhandle, according to body camera video shown to reporters Thursday. Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden presented the video hours after the family of Senior Airman Roger […]
Florida sheriff’ kills black Air Force member mistakenly. — BBC via US Air Force/File A United States Air Force member was shot dead after a Florida sheriff mistakenly burst into the wrong home, BBC reported. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, was at his home, face-timing his girlfriend, when the policeman, whose name hasn’t been revealed, […]
FORT WALTON BEACH — A Florida sheriff’s deputy announced himself as law enforcement just before fatally shooting a Black U.S. Air Force airman inside his apartment in the state’s Panhandle, according to body camera video shown to reporters Thursday. Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden presented the video hours after the family of Senior Airman Roger Fortson and […]
Black U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson holds a handgun at his side pointed down as a Florida sheriff’s deputy aims at him, in Okaloosa County, Florida, U.S., in this screengrab taken from a police bodycam video released May 9, 2024. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office/via ReutersTV/Handout via REUTERS Source link
CNN — A Florida sheriff publicly released bodycam footage from a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman in his home last week – and disputed claims from the victim’s family that the deputy had gone to the wrong apartment.
The fatal shooting of a U.S. Air Force airman at his off-base apartment in the Florida Panhandle by a sheriff’s deputy brings to mind other instances of Black people being killed by law enforcement in their own homes as they’re going about their day. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, was . . .
The family of the airman who deputies fatally shot say they want to correct a false narrative put forth by authorities about his death. FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — The family of a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was fatally shot by deputies who burst into his apartment in the Florida Panhandle said Thursday […]