Family, friends and hundreds of members of the Air Force paid their final respects to Roger Fortson at a suburban Atlanta megachurch, after he was shot and killed in Florida by a sheriff's deputy.
Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues joined Roger Fortson's family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch on Friday to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff's deputy.
Fortson’s face and upper body were visible in his Air Force uniform, with an American flag draped over the lower half of the coffin. After viewing the body, many mourners paused to hug one another. 'As you can see from the sea of Air Force blue, I am not alone in my admiration of Senior Airman Fortson,' Col. Patrick Dierig told mourners, referring to the rows of airmen who took up nearly an entire section of the sprawling church.
The case is among many around the country in which Black people have been shot in their homes by law enforcement personnel. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating and the deputy has been placed on administrative leave.
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