A former police captain broke down the bodycam video showing the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Air Force Airman Roger Fortson by an Okaloosa County deputy.
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Law-Enforcement Justifiable Cover-Up of Lynching by Cop
This officer was primed for murder of any BLACK OR BROWN PERSON in his Programmed RACIST IMAGINATIONS.
This was textbook Pre-Programmed racist Execution of Black man with Gun anywhere USA. I don't want to hear it.The Problem was the Officer's training, personal decisions, actions, violation of a USA Citixens Human/ Civil-Rights. His badge, Authority made him judge, jury, executioner.
His badge made him do it, and it should be taken away in disgrace of his actions, QUALIFIED NON-IMMUNITY. CHOOSE ONE COPS.
Wow that has to be the smallest NAACP chapter in the country lol
Karen +racist police officer =murder
Karen is also taking full responsibility
What is she doing in front of his door
YESSSSS LORD JESUS CHRIST THANK YOU AMEN!! INTERCEDE FOR THIS FAMILY HEAVENLY FATHER
It’s dumb protocol. It cost this young soldier his life.
I’m pretty sure he got his gun because on the first knock there was NO announcement and the cop hid from the peephole. When he went back to the door and looked again with the weapon he saw the cop and complied without thinking about the gun in hand. Remember in the military on deployment you carry a weapon a
24/7, it becomes a part of you, it becomes a norm you can forget it’s there.
What about if a civilian does the same thing shot at the police officer because they felt in danger would it be justified ?
Ok
That was murder….now way to explain it
This was certainly a poor expert. Investgation? Hell, they are still lying to us about who killed JFK
RIP, senior airman. No justice, no peace.
If you are banging on my door, shouting "police" or whatever, then hiding from the peephole, so the occupant can verify you are at least in a uniform, then you are behaving like a home invader and I the occupant has no idea you are who you say you are because you are hiding your identity. For the "Expert" to say the occupant "knew" who was at their door shows the pig bias
Clear cut murder!! Lock him up!!
A lot of young people use headphones/earbuds when they are online either on Iphone or computer. How can anyone knocking on the door conclude
that they were heard at all ???? Let's update police response to the 21st century.
You are very ignorant boy
Why haven't we seen the Killer's face
So, if someone knocks at your door in an unneighborly way in a voice you don't recognize and yell Police and you can't see who that person(s) is banging & yelling at your door, what do you do if you are a you black male in America ..? I wonder now if the criminal that comes to your house and yell Police under the same circumstances, now what do you do …? How do the average citizen apply for training at gov't expense to make "split second decision" to save your life.
The airman was in support of 24th STS
BULLSHIT!
The office/leasing manager should be charged. She stated at least three times she didn’t know the exact apartment the disturbance was coming from and when she was asked a fourth time by the officer she gave a specific apartment number. This is crazy. She is the root cause of the issue.
Why isn't that police in jail like now
Demand really
Who ever called is responsible for his death
They’ll shot you in your own apartment if you’re sitting down eating ice cream
Just because someone says they are law enforcement on the other side of the door does not mean that is true. By sidestepping the door peep hole gave no visual proof for Fortson. I would have answered the door armed also..
Less than a second after opening the door, this young man was shot to death. Senseless. Tragic. Avoidable. I used to respect all police. Now due to police body cams online I don't. I believe they have lowered the bar so very much, there are too many that do not have the emotional where-with-all nor basic intelligence to be in law enforcement. This should never have happened. My prayers and heart go out to him and his family.
He wasn't trained thoroughly obviously he was scared when he seen the gun he thought shoot… He isnt a rookie he knew he had him at gun point already all he had to do was tell him to drop the weapon he fired his weapon with no actual intimidating danger resulting in a life
Part thats not being addressed is the way the Officer kept putting himself between that rail and the door and moving to the other side.. in the event of something happening the Officer if he was near that rail would be in a bad place… overall placement needs to be addressed as welll….. even before he murdered the Airman he was placing himself in a bad spot….placement needs to be addressed as well…
I hope this young man gets justice
That cop better get charged and put in prison
It was the wrong apartment
Don't you dare blame this kid
There is and will be no transparency. A police department will not properly investigate itself….the police are not to be trusted…..they are already trying to blame the young man for his own death….
There was no threat to the officer…he will lie and say he feared for his life
There is no way this sheriff's dept is showing transpsrency…no way…if they were, the video would have been rekeased hours later…not days…after they could edit it to show what they wanted…let's show the video in full…deputy exiting vehicle and walking to apt…lets show the two or three times they knocked but would not say who they were…this man never raised his gun at the officer…so tell me how it is "self defense". And always there is the facetime call that will collaborate the video when it is shown unedited…ok…so you hired an idiot for a deputy…one that saw a gun and got scared…but when it comes to fault, dont make this upstanding citizen and countryman to blame for what your idiot did…..and sheriff transparency, why would you not release the video to the USAF??? COVERUP !!!
umm like ask the guy to drop the weapon before you shoot not after dahh!
Did I hear him say difficult call ?
Whatever !!!
I need him to tell me why the officer kept moving away from the PEP HOLE ?
That officer didn't hear any arguing as he came up the hall, or as he stood bamming on Fortson door. So why is the officer bamming on the door, and jumping to the side ? The woman story about hearing somebody arguing from some apartment stated " I'm not sure where it's coming from", but all of a sudden she says it's 1401. Which just so happen to be the apartment of a very important black man to the country of America. How you go from I don't know what apartment it's coming from to it's 1401 ?
Give me a break !!!!
From what I've seen and heard.
If this was a movie that I was watching on television, I would title it "An Ass……….."
RIP brother Fortson.
You can see on the video the cop move out the view of the peep hole twice.
Cops backing cops when this was wrong address, firearm not pointed at him, and instantly opened fire at an innocent person.
Guy came to the door with a gun cause he was wondering why someone was banging on his door. He was on a phone call at the time and he or the person on the phone knew/heard the police where the ones there
Appeared my ass…we all saw the damn weapon pointing down.