Senior Airman Roger Fortson was killed when Florida deputies mistakenly entered his apartment. Fortson’s family is calling for the release of more details, including bodycam footage.
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gosh… being a Police Officer in a G.un In.fested country is really terrifying…
no wonder many of them are resigning …
hahahahaa bodycam footage shows the cop went to the correct apt to investigate a domestic fight. Black man had a gun when he answered the door and the shot him dead. Cop did NOT enter the apt before the shooting. There is no police brutality here, just black stupidity and denial. Black man is dead and life goes on. Nobody cares.
Absolutely.Loving the comments and coverage on this. Despite being very saddened that the guy lost his life!
But opening the door with a gun in your hand Visible with no act of threat? People kind of justifying that. And we all.
Get that he was a vet, Good church, going college-bound.Family man that volunteered everywhere…but the facts to the matter. Again, Sad. But hopefully people know not to answer the door with a gun. If you’re fearful don’t open the door and watch the door..etc.
And the girlfriend details have been proven FALSE from the bodycam footage, the officer was at the RIGHT apartment, and he did not BUST into the apartment, the person opened his door with a firearm in his hand after the officer knocked and announced himself as law enforcement MULTIPLE TIMES
The cop is clearly at fault, the question is, will his qualified immunity let him walk?
smh u search this video and u can jus scroll down and see the same thing over and over and over….rip brother Roger
Body cam footage came out. The evidence shows it wasn’t the wrong apartment, the officer didn’t “break in” , the officer identified himself multiple times, this man came to the door qith a gun in hand. Sorry for your loss but odds are this was the military diversity enlistment and was not the most qualified to be in the Military
The police aren’t allowed to bust in your house, just because they are having a bad day, it’s not against the law to answer your door armed, it IS illegal for the police to see a gun and freak out and shoot someone…
Don’t you just love the dog and pony show by the sheriff? I love how they say they’re so shocked! Bull! They know what’s going on under them, and most of the time they look the other way.
6 shoots. Who called and what dispatcher said. Cop can explain at door y called right
This case should be tried in military court
Why? The military had no involvement.
“hard to imagine” really happens all the time
Answered the door with a gun in hand when law enforcement knocked and announced….what could possibly go wrong?
True. When confronted by a coward with a badge, just don’t answer the door.
Disgusting! Justice for this service member! Prison time
this comment section is WILD 😂
there’s a guy spamming a commie channel and like… the 80% of this people didn’t even watcddd the bodycam
This is awful. I hope that this cop gets jail time and my heart goes out to the family of the airman.
This is the EXACT kind of thing that happens when it’s presumed black people should not have guns. We have used racist motives to render black people disarmed and normalize their disempowerment for centuries and it’s time to STOP.
ALL GUN CONTROL IS RACIST AND ALL SUPPORTERS OF GUN CONTROL ARE BIGOTS.
They gonna being up how he got detention is the 10th grade.
I actually felt bad for the guy an family…. Until the griffer Crump became the lawyer.. NOW WE KNOW THEY LYING ABOUT SOMETHING 😂
This isnt just a regular murder either, this was the murder of military authority which should bring even more charges, the military should pursue charges as well
Look at all the misinformation pandering..
I watched the video and read the reports ..
#1 they did NOT have the wrong address. Wrong guy , but not wrong address.
#2 They DID identify themselves as the sherrif twice
#3 they did NOT kick in the door
#4 he DID open the door with a loaded pistol
#5 this is a clear cut case of ptsd and he lost it with paranoia.. which is very sad.and we need to definitely up our game whennit comes to helping these suffering military vets.
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Why arent you addressing the lies by the family lawyer?
A big difference from the original report ” POLICE BUST IN WRONG DOOR”.
Misinformation is how riots start.
Police officer literally a domestic terrorist. Does the Air Force know law enforcement killing servicemen?
Mental illnesses for sure!
We need to ban humans from being cops, they cannot handle these kind of situations.
The truth? Watch the body cam footage. That woman told the officer it was apartment 1401….he went to apartment 1401. She was lying. Did the police ever find the real abuser they were sent there for? Did the woman make everything up? She’s the one that needs to be investigated….she sent the officer to the wrong apartment where the officer was expecting a violent man….the door opens and a man is there with a gun….so what do you expect the officer to think?
Did the woman that reported a disturbance have something against the airman. It was stated he was in his apartment alone. The individual that killed that young man needs prosecuted. He never gave a command to drop the weapon. SMH. Sad deal.
What do you expect its crackpot Florida!!!!!!!!!
This is horrific!!!
Edited: It wasn’t the wrong address like his girlfriend who was FaceTiming him at the time initially thought and stated as such. The police department received a call telling them of complaints from the leasing office that quite a bit of yelling was heard along with a loud smack (that another tenant thought was a smack across someone’s face). This all ended up being true but only because he was playing a VIDEO GAME!!! Holy crap!!!
So the sheriff who came knocking was already on alert but must have panicked when the young man showed up at the door holding a firearm. But he was military and he had every right to carry his weapon (especially when some cop shows up knocking hard at your door)!! How scary for him! And to die from not one, not two, not even three, but SIX GUN SHOT WOUNDS TO HIS CHEST!!!??? No. This should not slide. This cannot slide and will not be brushed under the rug. That cop is DONE!
My heart goes out to this family and others that have dealt with this type of situation.
Remember His Name, Roger Fortson. Rest In Peace, Young Soldier.
Who in Gods green Earth unloads a whole clip into a serviceman who answers the door ….IDC wrong house whatever the cops hid from the peep hole which is seen plane as day. Anyone can say they’re a cop and if I’m on the phone with my old lady in the other room and I hear pounding like that be im grabbing something too…this is sad the cop could’ve talked to the gentleman instead choose violence with the cops actions he should be brought to justice and he should go to jail for the crime he has committed. This broke my heart….serving our country and gets gun down by a pitiful cops they shoot first and ask questions later and it’s unjust…My prayers go to the Fortson family who lost their son in such a disgraceful way….They won’t but SAY HIS NAME!!! Disgraceful sad tragic and makes people need to wake up it’s not us versus each other it’s literally us versus them…they preach disarming citizens good reason here is why we should stay armed…give the government police etc too much power this is what sadly happens..they act on impulse and claim greater good ….
Show the bodycam video. Someone isn’t showing all the facts. Who is telling the truth? Both sides can’t be telling the truth.
This case does not need Ben Crump he’s only there to capitalize on the family’s tragedy. Where is he for all the other types of people killed and beaten by police? Nowhere
I see two people here who made bad choices. The Airman opening the door with a gun and that officer for shooting that guy plus not being at the correct address and no backup. What was the officer supposed to do? Wait to be shot at. He doesn’t know the situation or how this person with a loaded gun will react to an officer. So much going wrong here. The blame goes to them both.
Rule #1
Never ever answer the door with a gun in hand with an officer on the other side .
It wasn’t the wrong address the women down in the lobby where the cop came in and asked her where the place was she was the one that called the police and said he had a women in his place screaming and he was fighting with her she was a blkwomen that told the cop this she specifically gave him the address where the guy lived the cop knock at the door numerous times and said he was the police finally the guy came to the door with his gun in his hand knowing it was the cops so why did he come to the door with a gun in his hand if not the intention to use it it doesn’t matter if he had a license to carry or not it doesn’t give you the right to go around shooting people just because you have a license to carry whenever you feel like it so why isn’t the blkwomen being questioned about this
Government is out of control. We the people black white red brown yellow etc need to stand up to this tyranny.
He answered the door with a gun
This looks bad.. But u gotta think 7 officers was shot 3 weeks ago in Charlotte North Carolina 4 of them officers end up dead so hey man im sorry for your loss
Black people wake up 😢
Brandishing a firearm is nefarious and makes you the aggressor (unless someone else is already the aggressor) . You cannot answer your door with a gun in hand. If you’re worried that someone is imitating police, don’t open the freaking door.
Y’all are wrong and dangerous because of it.
Not going to get truth or transparency from a systemically broken system.
So where is lady that called and where is correct apt .and who are they.
He on ph wit girlfriend them doors don’t seem like you can hear thru..how she hear them .
Another Floyd during the election? Remember 4 years ago, Something is not Wright here, democrats want this to happen 🤔🤔 #restinpeace
100 million Lawsuit NO LESS!!!!!!
Soooo where is the black life matter association? Ummmmm
Every time something happens like this a certain someone shows up alongside the family. And the outcome is never what the family wanted.
As an AD airman myself, and a BIG pro 2A citizen, this is frightening and heartbreaking. I can’t believe it. The deputy should face the consequences of his actions.
Are we really defending someone for answering the door to people he knew were the police with a gun in his hand. Of course he was shot. ANYONE of ANY COLOR would have been shot. JUSTIFIABLY.
Ben Crump is such a Vulture, I guess that, potential, 40% really talks to him.
Disgusting officer
Why is it not the military investigating or arresting this officer for taking out one of their own. It’s clear this young man was a honorable citizen and airman who was doing nothing wrong.
They announce and gave a legal order. He answered with a gun in his hand. The shot him dead. You are not going to come to Florida and play with our Law Officers lives. Stay your woke a out of fl TIMES UP OBAMA we have enough!
Florida Law Enforcement♥♥♥Ist the BEST in the country!! We, the civilize, stand with them. Thank you all for all you do.
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And warn the people of the Day when the punishment will overtake ˹the wicked among˺ them, and the wrongdoers will cry, “Our Lord! Delay us for a little while. We will respond to Your call and follow the messengers!” ˹It will be said,˺ “Did you not swear before that you would never be removed ˹to the next life˺?”
You passed by the ruins of those ˹destroyed peoples˺ who had wronged themselves.1 It was made clear to you how We dealt with them, and We gave you ˹many˺ examples.
They devised every plot, which was fully known to Allah, but their plotting was not enough to ˹even˺ overpower mountains ˹let alone Allah˺.
So do not think ˹O Prophet˺ that Allah will fail to keep His promise to His messengers. Allah is indeed Almighty, capable of punishment.
˹Watch for˺ the Day ˹when˺ the earth will be changed into a different earth and the heavens as well, and all will appear before Allah—the One, the Supreme.
On that Day you will see the wicked bound together in chains,
with garments of tar and their faces covered with flames.
As such, Allah will reward every soul for what it has committed. Surely Allah is swift in reckoning.
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My message to all the supporters of injustice, the most awaited day will come, and that is a must. And
Every wrongdoer shall be brought to account.
Rodgers girlfriend was fighting cusssing screaming and her anger and dumbness got him killed.
Why did he opened the door with a gun in his hand anyway? Something wasn’t said on the media or something was covered up!!!
Law suits and prison time 😢
He opened the door with that gun like it was the TV remote
Just like Brianna Taylor riot say his name.
Look regardless on your son answer the door he had a gun in his hand that’s all they need to prove
There has been many of these types of tragedies in the past couple years. First and foremost make sure your info is correct. A domestic disturbance call is not the same as call for active ‘criminal’ alert. Cops are trained for situational awareness and being vigilant and calm not panicky. Just imagine a child opening the door with a toy gun in hand.
My heart is with the family. I am so sad. This definitely should not have happened.And someone needs to be held accountable.
this is just as old as the country itself. nothing to see here move along because this is American as apple Pie, Baseball & Chevrolet
White cop afraid of the dark AKA black and brown people. Hairstylist go to hairstyling school for 1 year plus 1 year of work placement before you get tested to pass. Cops go to school for 2 or 3 months. Then, the new recruit is babysat by someone who does not know or care to know the citizens’ constitutional rights or care to learn them. Plus, the older cop place their racist view and fears to the next generation. It’s time to really educate new police on people constitutional rights and not just push their gang like behavior and authority over people. Let’s start to sue the people who hire these cops who do not know the constitutional laws.
Second amendment rights only apply to white people. It’s a fact, especially in Florida.
They killed him cause he’s black
Thank God there is video footage. Ben Crump is a maggot that feeds off the dead. The video clearly shows the sheriff announce loudly that he is law enforcement. Then when Roger opens the door, he is holding a handgun. Everyone on the planet knows why the officer fired. Roger clearly wasn’t thinking when he answered the door with a gun in his hand. This story is a tragedy for everyone involved, except that POS Crump who wants to make money on this dead airman.
Cowards
That cop is fired.
People like @fierybutmostlyBS are always the same racist groups that play this make believe world that the so-called dominant society are the most moral people on the planet when they’ve pulled this same LYING talking point before, such Breanna Taylor was a drug dealer, George Floyd killed himself. Now, Airman Fortson was the right apartment. ALL BS LIES in order to justify these COWARDS ya’ll dare call law enforcement!
Dont worry yall… They will investigate themselves and be transparent…..
Police always going and doing costly mistakes
Police identified themselves 2 times, dude should have listened
Horrible job officers.
They should be held accountable immediately.
I wish Ben Crump would show this much compassion and involvement with black on black crime but that’s another topic.
Prayers to the families.
It was this week,not last week. Hello 😮.
This happens way too often for all of them to be a mistakes.
USA 🇺🇸 day one 24/7👀
*OK, so, for all those out there struggling with low IQ, this is kinda PRECISELY what happens when you have been made AWARE that a sheriff’s deputy is at your door and you open same with a GUN IN YOUR HAND!!*
*We all got it now? …Yeah, of course not.*
I hate to say it but these news anchors are completely out of touch with reality because this kind of thing happens every single day across the US not to the extent of killing the wrong homes occupants but cops knock on the wrong doors every single day
We need to reform our policing!
Seems like it was planned coz of his career progress and growth .
This is sad but I’m so sick and tired of Black people begging for justice. Every other culture took and takes their justice which is why they have generational wealth established. Stop begging. The same people have shown you over and over how they feel about us and ya keep begging them for a solution to the problem that they created.
The need of the Quran the Torah and Injeel we all share same One Creator The Quran mention someone killed and rules Do any use these sent Mercy 1445,yrs last to all of Humanity the Quran
Ask those who Know among Children of Adam Children of Israel Men and Mankind who watch all of Humanity or just that office leader where the call csme from the taxe payers who will be paying the blood money the shooter the whole community did they have knowledge of Islam history of Humanity Resurrection or is it looked as those who say tales of the ancient about Murder being address
May the wakeup of stow in the grave at least those officers be aware of the duty to tell the Quran have guidancefor all no color tribe We all share The Creator systrm of being born Umm /arabic/English/Spanish/Mother Mama and when One Child Killed we all have flashbacks to the History of the girl child buried alive 1445,yrs ago for what crime was she Murdered
Absolutely 💯 % nothing to discuss that was “Cold🥶Blooded🩸Murder⚰️” & further more it appears to be a set up by the manager’s in that complex possibly by calling these🤮👮♂️🦨🤧 race🤷killer’s & then making all kinds of accusation of fighting & noice & knowing he was Black, yeah right!!! Amen 🙏!!!
Sounds about white
So yall telling me the officer suppose to wait and see what another individual gonna do with a gun.
TIP: Don’t answer the door with a gun in your hand when the cops have made it clear it’s the cops. Watch the video before judging.
Funny none of the girlfriends account was true, not one word. and yes they got an attorney to claim money off their sons death.
He answered the door holding a gun out knowing the cops were there, this is natural selection
I’m so so sick of seeing stuff like this. That cop didn’t even give him a chance to comply with orders. The resident’s gun was being held in a position that was not considered a threat to officers. Worse than that he told the suspect to drop his weapon after he shot him multiple times.
This is why I love France so so much. They don’t have racism like the US. To better understand the situation in France vs the US, we have to understand the difference between de jure racism (government imposed) vs de facto (not government imposed). What I’m primarily talking about is government imposed racism. France never had mandates like Jim Crow, South African Apartheid, vagrancy laws, and acts to overcome it like, the Civil Rights Movement, etc targeting their citizens. Also French colonialism is IRRELEVANT in this context because I’m talking primarily about mainland France, and victimes of colonialism were never allowed to be trafficed into mainland France. Secondly, The above racist American laws were not targeting slaves as it had already been abolished. Such laws were targeting the people who should have the most privileges and freedom, the citizens. Victims of French colonialism were NOT French citizens. Remember, after slavery, the freed slaves were converted into citizens as a ruse to make them think they were being freed, but they really weren’t being freed. Reconstruction was also a ruse. The US government used this tactic to use their newly granted freedoms to commit mass imprisonment against them. Remember the 13th Amendement doesn’t protect convicts from slavery. Also, Lincoln didn’t actually free the slaves. If he did, there wouldn’t have been an underground railroad. Laws like Jim Crow were used as revenge against the freed slaves and their descendants to punish them for bankrupting the slave owners. On the contrary, France NEVER EVER passed racist laws/mandates targeting their own citizens. Most French colonies were given self-government independence from France. We were given no independence at all. The situation in the US and South Africa was unique as it infringed the citizens right to assembly, vote, freedom of movement, interracial marry, essential services, and public accommodation. The reason for segregating the schools was to groom the de jure ruling race to hate to de jure second class race. France never had Brown v. The Board of Education nor the Little Rick 9. Also, Flacks in France were never subjected to lynching nor did they have to partake in civil disobedience (i.e. bus boycotts). Lastly, blacks were never kidnapped to forced into mainland France. They self migrated there. So, if they don’t like it, all they have to do is leave. Remember mandated racism is not the same as legalized racism. Legal just means no laws against it, whereas mandate means enforced with threat of penalty and can occur even if the act is illegal.
While de facto racism does exist in both countries, it’s French counterpart is completely different and less violent. It doesn’t follow a structured culture. It’s mostly just who likes you vs who doesn’t. More like school/workplace bullying; whereas, in the US it comes in two categories, what stems from de jure racism and what does not. It also more follows a country wide culture where only the severity changes by region.
Police brutality is also different. In France, most police brutality happens during protests and is survivable. In the US, it happens during everyday life, like motor vehicle and is usually deadly. Its French counterpart also happens drastically less frequent and is NOT racially motivated like it’s American counterpart. Look at the case files. Not all victims are of the same color, or ethnic background, or even legal status. Also, most don’t involve gun violence. While officers in France do carry guns, they are more restricted by policy on when they can use them, including as scare tactics. In the US, most acts involve gun violence and target not just any black person, but African Americans, who are all US citizens under the 14th Amendment. It happens at genocidal level. Even international blacks are treated better in the US. When’s the last time you heard of a taxi driver being stopped for driving while black. A lot of them are international blacks. The reason for this is that they have outside protections from their home country such as the embassy. We don’t have that. It’s also a good thing that France does not collect data on race. The cons outdo the pros. Did you know this data is how people get stopped for driving while black. All they have to do is run the tag number, and everything they need comes right up. Do to strict separation of race and state in France, a racist will always have to see the victim first to make such determination. In the US, we have to deal with approx. 10 genocides a year; whereas in France, their “bad apples” only strike approx. once in a decade. Also, in the US, it’s designed to break up families with minor children. Most victims in France are teens who are given a chance to comply, but fail to do so.
Most importantly, as a mixed African-American, I went to Paris, France, myself. I was treated a whopping 85 times better in France than in the US. I’ll never forget it. It had NOTHING to do with me being American or speaking French fluently. Most Americans lie about France and say the French are rude. In reality, they are they nicest people I’ve ever met. Also, a taxi driver from Mali agreed with me, and so did a few of my former colleagues from francophone Africa.
Fun fact. During the darkest days of Jim Crow, wealthier African Americans fled to France to escape racism, such as James Baldwin.
The American Dream sure is a big fat lie! Being black in France is a dream compared to in the US, but remember that while France is way better, it’s not utopia.