Funeral service for US airman from Atlanta shot and killed by Florida deputy

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A funeral is planned to take place on Friday after an Atlanta airman was shot to death a Florida deputy earlier in May. The funeral is expected to take place at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta starting at 11 a.m.

This comes just a day after Civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and the family revealed new details relating to the incident that left US Airman Roger Fortson dead.

Some of those details include Crump highlighting discrepancies in the sheriff's office narrative about the disturbance at Fortson's apartment, along with Body-camera audio showing the woman who called the deputy unsure where the disturbance was coming from. More: www.11alive.com/article/news/local/roger-fortson-f…

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コメント (21)
  • No person understands the pain of death of child like mother's
  • I'm a retired combat veteran with 3 tours. My daughter is currently serving in the Air Force and the same rank As Roger. This is very hard for me. I've lost sleep over this horrible ordeal. Shame on local law enforcement !
  • @a.d.c7941
    Grown man, sitting here at work, watching this mother at her babies casket, and I am in full tears right now. This is her baby. Smh. Im broken for this woman. Literally broken right now. Please God help her. Please help us as a people smh. Please.
  • He did all this to come home and be killed by a coward who couldnt walk in his shoes...JUSTICE FOR THIS WONDERFUL YOUNG AIRMAN..from the caribbean
  • Tired of being “sick n tired” ‼️ This needs to stop 🛑 now ‼️
  • As a veteran, I carry deep pain over this unjust murder of a beautiful man. God bless you Airman. May your light never dim, and your example lead. I pray justice for you, and I pray that we NEVER accept this as a reality. WE MUST NEVER BE COMPLACENT IN DEMANDING JUSTICE!
  • @stefy7240
    I'm a rerired AF veteran with 2 airman currently serving in the AF. My condolences and prayer go out to the family. RIP Roger.
  • This is awful for this young man gave his time in the airforce and this person took his life right here in Florida
  • @Leonora485
    I'm an empath and I can't stop crying. This feels very heavy.
  • Sending prayers to all his family, friends and fellow Airmen from Birmingham, Alabama
  • WOW!!! I never knew that he shot this young U.S. AIRMEN SIX (6) TIMES in the chest. I thought he shot him once, from the video. However, that should not have happened, but SIX TIMES for answering your own door??? That is beyond EXCESSIVE! JUSTICE FOR ROGER - JUSTICE FOR ROGER - JUSTICE FOR ROGER ⚖️ ⚖️⚖️ RIP, Roger, my fellow U.S. Air Force brother. #USAF
  • Only in America things like this happen. People wake up and fight the injustice black Americans face. This is the twenty first century, my heart goes out to his family
  • @Lady-pr9el
    Served his country and the government still punished him
  • WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING TO US?! ALL BLACK MEN AREN'T THUGS OR GANGSTERS. MOST OF US WANT TO LIVE A PEACEFUL, PURPOSEFUL, GOD LOVING, FAMILY ORIENTED LONG LIFE.
  • As a mother,I feel his mom's pain. May this never happen again oh Lord. Mummy please may I ask that your family continues to pray and leave a candle on for son's memory. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Amen