Robert Forston mourned at funeral as family demands justice for Black airman killed by deputy

Family, friends and supporters gathered on Friday for the funeral of Roger Fortson, an Air Force senior airman who was killed in early May by a sheriff’s deputy in Florida’s Okaloosa County. Members of Congress have now joined the call from activists and Fortson’s family for accountability in the fatal shooting, which was captured in disturbing bodycam footage. As NBC News described the incident: The Okaloosa sheriff has said the unnamed officer involved didn’t go to the wrong apartment.

” Their statement says, “The public trust has been damaged, and the life of a young Black man was taken unjustly.” Fortson’s former baseball coach, his former high school principal, and several members of the Air Force were among those in attendance at his funeral to eulogize him, alongside his family, including his cousins and his older sister. Crump, who is representing Fortson’s family, gave a “mother’s prayer” on behalf of Fortson’s mother, Meka Fortson.

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