Florida sheriff’s office fires deputy who fatally shot black airman Roger Fortson at home
A Florida sheriff on Friday fired a deputy who shot and killed a black air force soldier after he pointed a handgun at the ground at his home, saying the deputy’s life was not in danger and he should not have fired his weapon. Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden has fired Deputy Eddie Duran, who […]
Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy
On Friday, hundreds of Air Force members dressed in blue gathered at a megachurch outside Atlanta with family and friends of Roger Fortson, a black man who was shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies in his Florida home earlier this month. He paid his last respects to a senior airman. . At New Birth Missionary […]