Florida police shot and killed a Black U.S. Air Force member Friday (May 3). The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Friday that the officer “reacted in self-defense after he encountered a 23-year-old man armed with a gun.”
But was the officer even supposed to be there?
Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump said in a press conference Wednesday that 23-year-old Senior Airman Roger Fortson was at home alone when someone aggressively knocked on the door without announcement. Read more at www.theroot.com.
