The Killing of Roger Fortson: Police Shoot Dead Black Airman After Entering Wrong Home

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We speak with civil rights attorney Ben Crump about the police killing of Roger Fortson, a Black 23-year-old Air Force member who was fatally shot by a Florida police officer mere moments after opening the door of his apartment. Fortson’s family says the police had arrived at the wrong home and that Fortson had grabbed his legal firearm as a precaution. Police body-camera footage shows Fortson answered the door with his gun at his side, not posing an imminent threat to the officer, who immediately shot Fortson six times. “The Second Amendment applies to Black people, too,” says Crump, who has represented victims of police violence in many high-profile cases. The police claim that officers were responding to a domestic dispute is contradicted by the fact that Fortson was home alone, Crump says. “They need to go ahead and admit that it was the wrong apartment and quit trying to justify this unjustifiable killing.”
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[@denysuwitonze9775]

There was no threat at all, this is an execution.

[@waltershumer4211]

The kid had a gun in his hand

[@denysuwitonze9775]

@@waltershumer4211 constitutional right. You don't shoot just by seeing a gun, it's apparent in the video that there was nothing to trigger the shooting.

[@mikeveis6269]

It wasn't in his hand

[@waltershumer4211]

@@mikeveis6269 it was in his hand do you have to watch a video where it's not blurred out

[@xx_420_blz_it_xx5]

Cops don’t like to be surprised with a gun. It was made very clear that he was a cop. Evolution at work.

[@herschwilliams722]

That young man was executed. That's fucked up...

[@charlieangkor8649]

Myanmar level.

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

Yelling don't move and he was on the ground bleeding out. The girl on skype better get witness protection before she's hunter down God forbid. She holds the truth!

[@Fntagsum02]

That part

[@vanessa-vu3uf]

Agree

[@loispoindexter757]

Yeah, he knew something. Special opps.

[@Abercrombemonkey]

This is murder, hold cops personally accountable for negligence just as doctors and nurses

[@MarilynHudson-xq5pp]

You are exactly right 💯

[@AyjayAlleyway]

Brandishing a firearm is illegal

[@AyjayAlleyway]

Roger was a moron

[@immovableobject6851]

If it's neglect, then it's not murder.

[@onceagain6184]

​@@AyjayAlleyway Under what Florida statue?

[@junito1008]

Murdered by a trigger happy officer !!

[@donovancameron2867]

Police always try to arrest, or kill black military personnel

[@mikehowell9053]

But it he came to door with gun

[@juliansearcie1758]

​@@mikehowell9053 and ?. Anybody can knock on your door and holler police .his biggest mistake was opening the door ..

[@visiow2691]

@@mikehowell9053Thats lawful

[@benny7967]

His gun was pointed down before he had a chance to react and drop it he was shot

[@davidlvaassen]

This is what domestic terrorism looks like

[@kathyohara6658]

100%

[@michaelreynolds5327]

Absolutely 💯

[@nunya2954]

SPOT ON

[@mikeveis6269]

This also what genocide looks like too

[@leewhitbeck791]

This so often happens when a chief of police is ( allegedly ) running an illegal private security business. These illegal businesses use our tax payer equipment, desks, lights, telephones, cop man power and in many cases double bill the city and bill the paying customer that needs the private security services. The cop then pays the button nose chief of police a bit something something.. This is called RACKETEERING. 3 OF the criteria for RACKETEERING is hierarchy, intimidation, and fraud. There is no time off for bad cops. To the public it looks like they are on paid vacation, but mostly the cops work this illegal private security business. The only one fooled here is YOU!!!!!! Also, most cops drink vodka to sleep at night. They may have pulled you over and you would never know. Or could you. The big giveaway is the menacing, belligerent, confrontational, aggressive dangerous grainy VODKA VOICE. When you get pulled over , make as little contact with an alcoholic cop. Like any alcoholic, they are dangerous with a license to carry a gun and kill. They will testilie against you and get away with it. You are dealing with a gang with a badge.. Sometimes , with the judges there are many conflicts of interest, but you will never know. Sink your teeth into this and pass it on....And please, learn some law because obviously, the cops follow protocol not the Constitution.. Get Constitutional Law for dummies or any book. Cops don't have continuing education. Because of the rampant alcoholism, they should be breathalyzed after every incident and before they can start our tax payer police cars.. Many of these guys are void of empathy. We the People need to enforce the law.

[@maggieedwards3951]

Always the wrong apartment when it's black folk unalived .

[@gabrielmaroto18]

Murder! It was murder.

[@JeromeBostick]

Accidentally on purpose...

[@tjcombo9328]

IKR!

[@Fierceaugleo]

So they telling us they have bunch incompetent id!ot* in the police force or hitmen that target blacks? Which one?

[@vanessa-vu3uf]

Agree

[@cyrilhall3845]

Why has the Air Force not spoke up for this young man?

[@Mr.Atlanta850]

🙄 You're kidding, right. All they're going to do is put that American flag over your ⚰️ The military don't give a damn about you.

[@gregoryjenkins8645]

Chain of Command, CH, chain of command.

[@nunya2954]

Because the armed services are JUST like THUG COPS, NO LONGER ANSWERING TO OR BEING ACCOUTABLE TO WE THE PEOPLE. OUR FOREFATHERS WARNED OF ALL THIS TYRANNY - And do you KNOW that the SUPREME COURT HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT COPS ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO KEEP US SAFE - YET WE PAY THEM, PROVIDE THEM WITH VERY LUCRATIVE PENSIONS, THE GUBMENT GAVE THEM QUALIFED IMMUNITY - I SURE AS H/LL DON'T GET ALL THAT AT MY JOB, DO YOU?

[@leahjenkins9330]

​@@gregoryjenkins8645 Well. He doesn't have a good chain of command if they're aren't speaking out. I mean does it cause for that much protocol?

[@elihubildad6677]

He is black that’s why they are not saying anything.

[@mikeveis6269]

Murdering an American serviceman is totally un-American!

[@khamariblair4898]

All of the corruption within America is un American, including the way the government treats it's citizens and veterans., including the wickedness of law enforcement and politicians.

[@ethelparis2255]

The white woman that called about the domestic dispute, took the officer to that apartment, she should be accountable too.

[@l.w.paradis2108]

YES

[@majorchutzpah7265]

No!😂

[@tenagnekifle4634]

you should interview karen, the caller......

[@gabrielmaroto18]

This was deliberate assassination

[@beatsbydizzy8932]

facts

[@badmandontdance]

This young man even had his left arm up and kept the gun pointed down. Im tired, really tired of Black people always judged first before reasoning. Im exhausted.

[@TrueCarbon]

they not going to heaven anyway after slavery jim crow and all this bs its a wrap once this country falls

[@erickmichel676]

500 million dollars lawsuit incoming they will think twice before taking someone life 😭

[@vintage1908]

I promise nobody cares about no damn money. That was a human life and they just took it off of a mistake like they always lie and say 😮​@@erickmichel676

[@tyroned114]

Domestic dispute when he was by himself in his apartment. How can they put domestic dispute on the record when it it didn't happen.

[@Mister_Holdsworth]

If I rang police and reported a domestic going on at your house then they visit you to investigate. Are they not at the right house investigating a domestic? They're not claiming that there really was. They're claiming they were at the house they meant to be at.

[@vintage1908]

Not sure .nothing ever makes sense with them. But more blood spilled for no reason and always targeting our best rather than the worse. I see how they do things

[@user-xi8tt9rb2y]

Suspect Down there was no suspect!

[@shegoglavern9228]

Don't move how culd he,bc,all them shots of bullets 😢😢😢OMG THISSSSSSSSS HERE ISSSSSS HORRIBLE HORRIFIC TRAUMATIZING ACT

[@cannabis1490]

I thought the same!

[@esladavidson5356]

Suspected of what? Are black people patriots?

[@theonewhoknows9615]

Exactly!!!

[@amelie2626]

Funny how we don't hear this kind of story on mainstream media isn't it?

[@LocalFoe]

So true. For example, I'm amazed that every time I tune to the national network news, they spend so much time addressing "potential storms" in various areas of the country. As if people aren't aware of their local weather report(s).

[@tomjones9082]

Does not fit the narrative

[@amelie2626]

@@tomjones9082 That is exactly so.

[@rundmv6534]

oh you do, every day, just in veeery different terms and with fewer boring details. The cops often help the media tell the story while the victims are in jail or dead so their narrative takes presedence by default so often that you barely notice it

[@lawron2]

This is so crazy, schizophrenic and tragic at all levels, especially to his little siblings.😢😢😢 Ooooh, America!!! God help us.

[@user-nh7pd9pp4d]

They shot this young man down 6 times in cold blood!!! Just heartless and wrong!!!!

[@joeperry2089]

Looks like murder. Deputy went to the apartment the Karen complained about. Both of them need to be charged with murder

[@mikeveis6269]

It was genocide

[@mike-ws3jl]

Don't pull a gun on cops

[@joeperry2089]

@@mike-ws3jl he didn’t the gun was at his side because the coward avoided the peep hole and couldn’t be confirmed as Floridas finest racists

[@mike-ws3jl]

​@joeperry2089 he banged on the door and yelled, it's police protocol to not stand infront the door because of gun fire threat

[@joeperry2089]

@@mike-ws3jl ok genius how is an honest citizen supposed to protect themselves from home invasions? Please whitesplain that me

[@glovesforsocks4603]

he just starts shooting right away wtf

[@renzopeterson153]

He's black of course, so they squeeze first ask questions last. I'm sure the officer smelled weed and black on black crime right?

[@waltershumer4211]

He came to the door with a gun in his hand and the cop freaked out

[@21mrtech]

Was he suppose to wait to get shot first ?

[@glovesforsocks4603]

@@waltershumer4211 its not a crime to hold your gun in your home

[@glovesforsocks4603]

@@21mrtech its not a crime to hold your gun in your home

[@user-cv7nj7xt7h]

The military owes him justice. Where are the military lawyers at.

[@whome1629]

If you think the military will come to your rescue, you've been watching too much NCIS.

[@charlieangkor8649]

I don't see them anywhere. I think they are cowards.

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

Probably training his friends to lie on him.

[@JamesWhite-mb8mg]

Military won't get involved.

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

@@JamesWhite-mb8mg yes they will, they'll tell lies and say he was difficult and burn all good things favour him. They have to stop potential riots and hate that #45 already caused in the USA with his nasty mouth.

[@juanrodriguez5404]

What a horrible way to die for an airman serving his country. 😢😢😢😢😢

[@25lighters91]

Which is why i know not to contribute in anyway to this place.

[@charlieangkor8649]

@@25lighters91 That's exactly what you should do.

[@gabrielmaroto18]

This is America. What you sleeping on? Who got you sleeping on? This is America.

[@25lighters91]

@@charlieangkor8649 No this country really doesn't like black presence or input so no

[@imhereforitall9218]

I was thinking the same thing. The irony of it all. What if we find out his plans after the service was to become a cop? That would totally suck even more.

[@laronwright6417]

A very strong mother, but I'm so damn tired of watching black women having to be so strong all the time.

[@lovelybutterfly2480]

Too many mother's crying those tears don't let their tears come on you your life will not be the same If you don't know now you know. 😢

[@therealmulatto]

Thas they fault ....they rather beat their son for talking back and then they apologize when the police kill their son

[@peachesjohnson9387]

Ummmm that sounds like YOUR MAMA, ​@@therealmulatto

[@RomanvonLandeskrone]

That policeman was unqualified. He should get life in prison.

[@jayvanover4130]

Thats was an unprovoked execution. And if that was a civilian theyd be trying for death, cops dont deserve special treatment if they have no obligations to protect the public then what are we giving special treatment for?

[@rodniegsm1575]

He was agressief from the beginning!

[@mamaafrican4958]

Wrong apartment,wrong person oh GOD innocent child just died like that it's real intentional.GOD Will judge these police officers oOoOO.

[@jaigeils1096]

​@@mamaafrican4958 That Part. They Forget about the Higher Power.

[@tobechukwuokonkwo5957]

Amber geiger was pathetic.....crying to avoid justice for her obviously deliberate act...

[@MrBluemanworld]

No, the officer didn't KNOCK on the door, the officer BANGED on the door, so I can see why he had a weapon.

[@katiavramova7629]

So, he opens the wrong door - highly unlikely, but probably not just unthinkable, so let's believe it so far. He steps in... and doesn't recognize that everything inside is different? Different wall colors, different flooring, different furniture... no, he still thinks he is in his own home and instead of stepping right out he closes the door behind him and gets so annoyed by a policeman banging on the door that he draws out a weapon? How likely is that to happen? Even if he is really, really high at the moment it seems absurd.

[@malikr2271]

@@katiavramova7629 There was threat to the officer whatsoever. If he was that much in fear for a DV call why is the officer by himself? Just admit your a racist WS.

[@yeety6415]

​@@katiavramova7629 im confused. What do you mean?

[@i.quadmegistus5768]

⁠​⁠@@yeety6415Katia’s confused about the Botham Jean murder by an off duty cop who tried to walk into the wrong apartment after work. She saw the error of her assumption. It seems she understands now.

[@i.quadmegistus5768]

@@katiavramova7629No. None of that happened.

[@c449982]

served his country and get killed by those we call for help. America.

[@Fierceaugleo]

Black America better wake up feed fast

[@JohnDoe-sm7zm]

The fact that the airforce is not standing up and speaking up is insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lanab.banana]

1. Wrong apartment and wrong person! 2. This man wasn’t even a threat and gets shot! What is wrong with this world?

[@ninaconnolly6077]

More like what is wrong with America's POLICE.

[@Jenkmode89]

Don’t ever listen to Ben Crump if you really think he cares about you then you’re clueless. All he cares about is how much he can make off lawsuits. It’s already been said by the chief of police that it wasn’t the wrong address and that was just a rumor floating around and Ben crump without knowing all the facts starts spitting out lies to start riots.

[@user-gu5bg4hx2d]

@@ninaconnolly6077 More like what wrong with America, period!

[@katiavramova7629]

How many times have you entered "wrong apartment"?

[@Jleed989]

With a gun in hand?

[@michelle8190]

Do not open the door. Ever.

[@Dion1226]

Amen

[@Fierceaugleo]

Use a 2 way audio security camera 📷

[@Fierceaugleo]

There you have it folks, Use a 2 way audio security camera

[@Assata_Shakur]

Tell that to Botham Jean

[@leahjenkins9330]

​@Assata_Shakur What do you mean by that Ma'am? He was sitting in his own apartment eating when the the female police walked in and shot him.

[@user-qj8qp3qm7t]

Brother tried to be all he could be. Look what happens when he comes home.

[@therealmulatto]

Should have known they plotting

[@karlb8069]

When he came home the system treated him like They wanted him to be: Just a black man.

[@desserineprimus2318]

I am surprised they released the whole video. Last year a white neighbor came to my door called me a n..ger, and threatened to harm me. I called the police who she told the same thing. When I requested the bodycam video to take the matter further, the portion with the threats and racial epitaphs were removed! I still can't get anybody to address it. 😢😢

[@thomasfplm]

Maybe it is because the victim was military.

[@desserineprimus2318]

@@thomasfplm It shouldn't matter. They are supposed to fully disclose. I don't know what sense it makes to have laws requiring them to release the info and then have them doctor it before releasing it. They do all manner of evil to Blacks in this country with little accountability.

[@LearieThomas]

What! Surreal indeed...

[@Mavi-de2mv]

This is insane Who trained this officer? The devil?

[@rhetorical1488]

you are not far off. the Idf.

[@SatanyahuIsADeadmanWalking]

United Snake's 🐍 of America White supremacists state cannot be trusted !! 😏

[@Find-Your-Bliss-]

Was he trained in Israel?

[@ericcarabetta1161]

Standard American police “training”. You can expect this level of work all across the country. Becoming a cop is one of the only jobs in the world where they disqualify you if your IQ test results are too high.

[@cltjohnny8292]

Israel

[@robertmarley8852]

Where's the military at 🤔 Where's his battalion at 🤔

[@kalyddessalines769]

They always "back the badge."

[@TRIPLETW0WNZ]

Maybe volunteer to join the jury when that cop is being trialed but u wont do that or go the extra mile because youre contained within youtube comments.

[@darronpearson7340]

​@@TRIPLETW0WNZthe cop won't be charged with anything

[@kandaibbie9455]

​@@TRIPLETW0WNZyour statement is untrue. I've never known anyone to be allowed to volunteer to be on jury. And who's to say that they will allow you to stay on as a juror if you volunteer.

[@charlieangkor8649]

I think they are cowards.

[@Destroyer-Grizzly-BIH]

Suspect down? He wasn’t a suspect, he was minding his business in his home.

[@LearieThomas]

Correct u are good morning...

[@xx_420_blz_it_xx5]

That’s a weird reason to get shot.. there wasn’t anything else???

[@SkullyTheHypnoSkull]

That cop would never qualify to be in the airforce.

[@nunya2954]

That's why they are THIN BLUE LINE THUG COPS

[@mikeveis6269]

He can't, he's a Nazi

[@timmoore3188]

Since when do you go into a home with guns drawn for a domestic dispute? My god!

[@rwilson9759]

That did not happen in this case. Deputy drew his gun when he saw a gun in this mans hand. What a tragedy.

[@lilmamagc]

​@@rwilson9759no he already had his gun in his hand. he didn't draw it because it was already out, all he did was raise his arms and shoot 5 times

[@TherianL0v3r]

Alleged dispute. And cop stood at the door and heard nothing. knocked hard on the unannounced and ducked the peephole.

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

Imagine if kids were present.

[@timmoore3188]

@purpledancerbmw5279 Image his girlfriend, talking to him one minute, and then she hears the shots, but won't know until how much later that her boyfriend is dead. These cops don't care about the trauma they inflict on bystanders.

[@orionhauk2968]

Florida has become so despicable!

[@mikeveis6269]

It's run by that dictator Ron DeSantis

[@jant4741]

Cold blooded murder.

[@maformbone8459]

As a retired Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, this is OUTRAGEOUS! I demand JUSTICE!! My hear breaks.

[@user-qt7nq5xl1m]

How do people do home invasions in america? By beating on the door saying they are law enforcement... This young man answered the door in a right to bear arms State and in his own home with a firearm and meets his demise because he is a black man... Another shameful act in America

[@kandaibbie9455]

right cuz anyone could bang on your door and say that they are officer of the goddamn law

[@hagnuj1070]

@@kandaibbie9455 He hid from view at the door peep. They delayed aid to make sure he dies.

[@monocomo1675]

I think 2nd amendment needs to rewrite doesn't make sense

[@joeperry2089]

Preach brother preach

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

Don't worry after the way Mitch and the gang blocked Prez Obama's ideas........the world is done with America, it's just a shame some of us will suffer after a life of unfair treatment. God help us!

[@anthonypinkney6536]

He said drop the gun after he shot the guy

[@andrewcool8101]

He shouldn't have opened the door to a cop while holding a gun. Why the hell would he do that?

[@eaglesfanbirdnation]

​@@andrewcool8101the second amendment only applies to white people. Great comment

[@eltorocal]

@@andrewcool8101 Watch the video again... the KKKop was sneakily hiding at the side of the door... out of view of the peep-hole. Cops don't become Psychopaths... Psychopaths become cops. Now imagine their Home and Personal lives... their Wives, husbands, sons, daughters... there is no "off switch".

[@25lighters91]

​@@andrewcool8101Because its his second amendment Right as guaranteed to alll U.S. citizens? Anyone can knock on your door saying their are a cop, electric power worker or delivery and set you up for home invasion.

[@westindianduchess]

​@@andrewcool8101Are you thick in the head? He saw no one whe he looked through the peephole. He was licensed to carry and had every right to answer his door with a gun. He wasn't pointing it. All the racist cop had to say was drop the gun but instead, he opened fire. How many times have we seen whyte people point guns at police and they we eye apprehended without a scratch. Pretend for a moment this young man is whyte. Now go ahead an amend your comment.

[@lindavenable3475]

Six Shots Of Hatred! Why? 🤨

[@bobinch4835]

This is called murder.

[@elizabethflynr7561]

Next time you wonder why there is so much sadness and violence in the US, refer to this video... and learn

[@LivieLiv723]

Next time you wonder if The Most High isn’t going to recompense his people think again Babylon is falling!

[@broyishai9699]

Joel 3

[@karriemburton9024]

This is why blackpeople feel the way they feel about the police

[@karriemburton9024]

I have no respect for the legal process

[@elizabethflynr7561]

@@karriemburton9024 I'm right behind you! We are supposed to be the greatest nation in the world. We cannot rise to the greatest challenges nor are capable of even paying attention.

[@warrinbang1191]

This is unbearable. I can't hold back the tears thinking what this has done to his little sister. She looks so proud and happy saluting her big brother. Those bullets killed more than one person that day.

[@lilmamagc]

I see my older and younger black brothers in him. this hurts because it could happen to my family too. it already did, they wrongfully arrested my brother

[@MeltedPearls]

Dream-killer. RIP, young sir.

[@charlesirby1643]

A black man loses his life you are more concerned about the tears of the sister. People really think black men have no humanity.

[@mrb9502]

@warrinbang1191• Yes that's terrible. We can only hope that she grows up to the most powerful Civil Rights Attorney this country has ever seen!

[@yvonnewright3449]

You are so right very sad mighty god of Daniel 🙏

[@BigDaddy-lm1rl]

The United States Air Force needs to send a jag officer down there, and do a thorough investigation of that Sheriffs department, it has only been two years ago, but two of the same Counties sheriffs department arrested. A man searched him handcuffed him, locked him in the back of a patrol car and an acre and fell out of a tree. Scared the cop and both deputies emptied their firearms into the patrol car. Something is seriously wrong with that Sheriffs department and Oka Loosa county.

[@kevinwilliams1768]

I fed up of this . This is unacceptable. I hope the officer gets charged . Condolences to the family . R.I.P . JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED

[@lilwen3]

We also need to know who called the police to begin with.

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

A jealous female I bet! This is not suicide by cop, it's using a cop to retaliate.....this was a set up.

[@vanessa-vu3uf]

A neighbor, it's a video of her in the parking lot

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

@@vanessa-vu3uf they need to find her and find out any prior relationship.

[@kimberlycarey5104]

This what I'm trying to figure out, domestic fight s are the worst one's but who called???.

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

@@kimberlycarey5104 no 911 trace this far.

[@l.w.paradis2108]

NEVER open the door if you are not expecting anyone. You have NO duty to open the door. Remember that. If someone is beating down your door or barking orders at you from outside your door, call the police and report them.

[@YouPulledOnIt]

THANK YOU! If I can't see you at my peephole and I am not expecting anyone, I am not opening the door until I KNOW what is going on and who is outside. And I am not going to my door with a firearm unless I need to defend my life or my family's life. He should have kept the door closed and locked and either quietly observed the peephole OR called out and said "who is it?" while in cover to get an ID call. NEVER EVER OPEN YOUR DOOR unless you know who it is and you are expecting company. And NEVER go to the door with 🎉a gun in hand if it's the cops knocking!!!!

[@kandaibbie9455]

But then they will just start shooting like they did in the incident with Brianna Taylor.

[@jamelgregg946]

I don't answer doors. Had a negative experience with cops several years ago.. They lied about the reason they were called to my house. No probable cause no reasoanble suspicion no exergent circumstances. I got cussed out by the racist cop because I told him to get warrant. Oh yes, he called me all types of black bitches that day. I told him that i wanted to know the name of his insurance carrier. He threatend me and my husband that if he lost his job due to me putting a claim against his insurance he would be coming after me and my husband. I told him that's was fine, we'll be waiting on him.

[@0_P.E.]

DO NOT CALL THE COPS! Unless you are looking to call a gun that will shoot indiscriminately!

[@theia1653]

Heard of a scenario like this, dispatch would tell you they're at your door already.

[@mjones8176]

I hope the young lady that was on the call with the US airman had the fortitude to record what transpired after the young man was murdered before the police cut off the young man’s device.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@MRM_241]

What should a black man do to be safe if they can't be in their home.

[@kbensiali5098]

That policeman would have never fired his gun if Roger was White. It’s amazing the police department did not label as Hamas fighter

[@user-nk6wc6kq4s]

@@itssantilies!…Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly armed illegally and came away with no bullets in his ass!

[@Iamwhoiam993]

Tell me about it! 💯💯💯 AND also we ALL know that everyone else who's defending this officer would be singing a completely different tune 🗣️🎵🎶 if he was a👮🏿‍♂️and Roger was a👨🏼like you had already mentioned! Welcome to Amerikkka everyone! 🤔🤨🙄😒👎🏾

[@ThePostmangp]

@@itssantiunderstandable but aren’t they trained to be levelheaded in situations like this and not panic?

[@YourLocalCountryBoy23]

If he was white he would been shot cause cops are thought to kill if they see a man open a door with a. Gun they have life or death situation technically the officer thought he would be shot still don't come to the door with a gun in your hand it ain't police brutality it self defense

[@sharingtherealworld]

@@ThePostmangp no they are trained to shoot center mass "for your safety". Basically police training is to "execute the threat". The police are no longer their for our safety they are enforcers with a license to murder because our system of government and justice is completely corrupted by those who would be labeled "the touchable".

[@gabrielmaroto18]

This was an assassination. How the f*ck do you go to the wrong address in this day in age?

[@robertmarley8852]

It's on purpose

[@samartinez1988]

You'd be stunned how poorly buildings are marked in most areas. I say this as a courier. There needs to be better regulation.

[@TYRONE-kh9zn]

​@@robertmarley8852The cop was literally on that vid kinda playing a game of hide & seek at that guy's door peephole. Which would've made it impossible to identify rather he was actually a cop or not asking for you or the guy to open his door. Ppl have actually gotten set up & robbed that way if not worse behind someone pretending to be a cop or the police

[@westindianduchess]

​@@samartinez1988Let's not make excuses for the cops. Does a poorly marked building aid in an unwarranted shooting?

[@LazyIRanch]

@@TYRONE-kh9zn Good catch! I missed that detail when I watched the first time, but you are absolutely correct that the cop just shouted that he was from the sheriff dept, but he stood in a way that made it hard for him to be seen clearly through the peephole.

[@abcdfg4281]

How did he immediately start shooting as soon as the door was open? What kind of protocol is that?

[@user-jb7ml6rc8s]

So sorry for this senseless Killing!

[@Viper1924]

What do you expect? American cops are trigger-happy. As for the airman, why bother joining the military? As Muhammad Ali put it perfectly, "You want me to go somewhere and fight but you won't even stand up for me here at home."

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

Full circle.......wait til his Black buddies care paid to say he was a hot head in the Military. That's who needs to fight this, not Crump alone.

[@artimidz3451]

Don't disrespect the very difficult training and service this young hero performed for his country out of love for his country. No matter how imperfect We Must All Love Our Countries!

[@Joy31608]

Boom

[@TYRONE-kh9zn]

​@@artimidz3451Problem is America was literally founded upon AntiBlackness & still is in 2024. And you up here talking about our country & love no no + more no

[@robertm135]

​​@@artimidz3451 His country since when ? The same country that would gladly throw him under the bus .

[@manuelbello5806]

This footage should be used in the next anti racism documentary

[@gabrielmaroto18]

This video should be sent to Tim Scott!

[@weirdal706]

Racism? Certainly NOT anti-nothing.

[@HansDelbruck53]

Why is this murderous deputy not being named?

[@williamcurtis-pq5gg]

That deputy sheriff killed that young man in cold blood

[@omvful]

Gun was with him in his house so the gun doesn't matter

[@vitorio24]

I believe This is why people feel like they have to take the police life before the police take theirs

[@eltorocal]

Cops don't become Psychopaths... Psychopaths become cops. Now imagine their Home and Personal lives... their Wives, husbands, sons, daughters... there is no "off switch".

[@nunya2954]

@@eltorocal AMEN TO THAT

[@__vontaaecarter]

This is true

[@kingmamba8910]

⁠@@eltorocaluntrue plenty of cases that cops become psychos from killing people. And cops become worse with time not better you been living under a rock or what?

[@DeCleyre161]

Unacceptable

[@oyedejiolaniyan4938]

This is so unreal! He just opened fire on the guy! What for? It's so unbelievable!

[@rossboss5174]

Remember the 2nd amendment wasn’t designed for blacks. That’s the very reason why gun laws are so restrictive nowadays. They can’t kill the truth, so they try to assassinate the character. Rest in peace brother

[@ronniemoore9289]

White people are shot twice as often by police...

[@KyleWallacekev]

Do not move after mortally injuring a man withering in pain, where is the humanity . So what if he moved were you going to shoot him again in his home ?

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

Yup!

[@andredardy6957]

There is none. You need to understand that these people are raised in a lot of cases to see something people as lower than them, lower than dogs in a lot of cases. That's the sad state we are in. To have humanity you have to be human.

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

@@andredardy6957 Amen, well said!

[@tribesofisrael897]

Military vet murdered by a coward with a badge!! Smfh This is America 🇺🇸 💯 🔥

[@lilithdemonia74]

He wasn't a veteran, he was an Active Duty Airman. The Air Force should be up in arms over this, Florida congressmen should be demanding prosecution. Oh, and where is the NRA?? Where is all the outrage from the 2nd Amendment crowd?

[@thriftingnostalgia]

This is the stuff that’s makes me so sick to be in America right now. That cop needs to be in jail for life he committed a murder

[@topwreckfleece8122]

What happen to the old fashion, "Do you have any weapons? Open the door and show your hands where I can see them?"

[@BLACK_MikeHammer]

First of all unless there's an active arrest warrant for you, you're under no obligation to open the door for police... If you don't call them, there's no law stating where you have to open the door for them... Tell them they aren't needed and can do about their business..

[@TherianL0v3r]

The Cop is from the same Law Enforcement Agency the the Acorn Cop came from. And they left out the first knock. The cop ducked out of view from the peephole.

[@Rogerchina17]

I wish this comment would reach Attorney B. Crump. For me, it was too long before it was mentioned that the Sheriff first knocked on the door and then stepped away from Roger's view. Roger opened the door and didn't see anyone...then closed the door. The Sheriff then knocks again and announced that he was from the Sheriff's office. It was then that Roger returns to the door and opens it. Worthy of note is that the Sheriff calmly asked him to "step back"...as soon as Roger Stepped back he was fired upon...he had no idea is life was in danger or that he was doing anything that alerted the Sheriff. After the shots were fired...THEN the Sheriff started yelling "Drop the gun..." It is telling that the Sheriff CALMLY told Roger to step back...The Sheriff was not threatened (he cannot claim to have been afraid for his life), this was an intentional killing...

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

Please explain this acorn thing.....I don't usually watch the news because I'm sick of that orange guys lies.

[@superkid3188]

Some idiot police officer got startled by an acorn and fired his gun at an unarmed man he’d arrested, (they were responding to a 9/11 call,) and how could an acorn result in him discharging his weapon? That’s because the idiot believed he’d been shot, he mistook the sound of the acorn falling onto his car for a gunshot.

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

@@superkid3188 on my that's so crazy.

[@coleengoodell7523]

@@superkid3188 lol, I saw the video and he even crawled away as if he'd been wounded. What a spaz.

[@AfrisphereInsight]

The deceased opened the door, holding his gun in a downward position. Despite the officer's order for him to step back and the clear observation that he posed no threat, the officer proceeded to fire six bullets into his body. This act is nothing short of outright cruelty and barbarism. The officer owes us a clear explanation for his actions. They had direct eye contact before the shooting began, with no hidden motives. There must be a reason behind this execution. It's not a mere mistake or oversight. It suggests either the officer is part of a corrupt department, experiencing a mental breakdown, or was influenced by external forces.

[@TherianL0v3r]

Acorn cop came from the same Law Enforcement Agency.

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

You left out that the kid had his left hand up a about to explain......you are right, something the airman knew just like the young Black guy stomped to death by those Black cops. Notice how we get upset, talk, march, etc and now nothing..... Just another one bites the dust????

[@UGPhilosopher]

also notice how the first guy refuses to involve himself in the premeditated murder and sends him to the woman who sends him to the target to be executed. Yeah your right it smells like a whole fishing dock

[@nunya2954]

THUG COP HAD HIS WEAPON DRAWN BEFOR THE MAN OPENED HIS DOOR, WHICH WAS COMPLETELY UNCALLED FOR. PLUS WHEN HE WENT TO THAT DOOR, YOU COULDN'T HEAR A WORD OF ANY "ARGUMENT" GOING ON. THAT KAREN NEEDS TO BE ARRESTED FOR CAUSING THIS COP TO BE WHERE HE HAD NO BUSINESS BEING AND CAUSED A MAN TO GET KILLED. I am HEARTBROKE for his family

[@purpledancerbmw5279]

@@nunya2954 oh yes!

[@Yusuf.i]

Disgusting. That's absolutely unacceptable and without justification. That officer is a liability not just to the general public, but to the force itself.

[@christinestephens37]

The officer hid from the peep hole.😮

[@HoodStar1336]

Hopefully this cop will be facing Federal time because this young man was in the US army so that's Federal..

[@coleengoodell7523]

US Air Force.

[@Fierceaugleo]

Yep federal property as they say

[@mike-ws3jl]

Why

[@BLACK_MikeHammer]

You face Federal prison time if you break any of the federal laws of the U.S and any crimes in the District of Columbia which the Federal Govt has oversight of... No federal crime was committed here, even if the airman was on duty.. If the cop gets charged which he probably will, it will be under state law in Florida.

[@stevenhigby3512]

How come the FBI is not checking into this crime that was committed by this cop.

[@Esoteric360starseed]

What do you expect our DOJ is compromised, you see how they are doing Trump.

[@gazoontight]

Because they carry badges too. Cops stick up for their own at every level. Almost all of them are criminals with badges.

[@vanessa-vu3uf]

Seriously

[@LDrumsOhio]

They will after. They’ll get the officer on denying him his civil rights.

[@ebogood4441]

Because it was an AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE

[@user-tw7nh7jj5l]

Then they walked over his body and searched his apartment.

[@aandrus2169]

"The second amendment applies to black people too." YES!!!!

[@royharper2003]

look up the video of Ryan Whitaker getting shot in much the same way and then ask yourself if this actually has anything to do with race or just people answering the door with a gun in their hand when they know it's police.

[@MrHello-nx4xs]

@@royharper2003Ask yourself, when the amendment was written was it intended for anyone other than white men.

[@cheng-tsohsieh9990]

​​​@@royharper2003 Black are 3x more likely to die in such scenarios. There are tons of videos online showing white people pointing guns or even shooting at cops and not getting fired upon in return. No such videos of that nature exist in regards to black assailants to my knowledge. Black victims are more likely to be unarmed when shot according to statistics.

[@DeeandCeeT]

@@royharper2003don’t explain nothing to that individual! Folk see and don’t see what they want!

[@uphigh2727]

Now you understand why the majority of blacks understand what the Palestinians are going through. This is 2024, and yet again, America shows it true colors

[@MA-sk4fg]

This is unbelievable! How can this sh…kill the man without making sure if he was in the right apartment .

[@LivieLiv723]

Yet they didn’t give 2 about us . Devil vs Devil none of my black business

[@therealmulatto]

​@@LivieLiv723but when blk ppl gonna fight back?

[@rayguzman5815]

This was handled very poorly rest in peace.

[@cheng-tsohsieh9990]

It was handled very racistly.

[@jonathantepairi2664]

The wrong apartment case is because there was no woman in his apartment, that apartment was was somewhere else in the complex ,,,even the eye witness said she wasn't sure

[@mattsmolinski595]

Don't open your door, you are not required to.

[@user-be6jl6nx9t]

how can you say suspect down when you don't no who suspect is.

[@Fierceaugleo]

It was another planned hit

[@MagisterHenrik]

This is so horrible. So crazy. Please US, fix your country, it's broke.

[@charlieangkor8649]

I think now it's Myanmar level.

[@DntHtThPlya]

It is beyond fixing.

[@johnhenningfield4360]

They will never fix it cause then it requires them to treat people fairly

[@royharper2003]

yes because in your country police wait for people to shoot them before they shoot??

[@billkingll1678]

That'll never happen. The hate, and incompetence is too embedded in this country.

[@aandrus2169]

Wow. It was just, open door and fire. No hello or anything. So horrible

[@carlosnandin2750]

He gave him no chance

[@marleyross5455]

Why is the second amendment only applicable to white Americans?

[@25lighters91]

Because this is a white supremacist country. No different from Israel infact its what Israel learned from.

[@ninaconnolly6077]

Absolutely!! When the Panthers started open carrying, the whites had a farking fit!!

[@Jenkmode89]

If you truly think that then you are part of the problem. Anyone would have been shot in this situation. The kid brandished a gun to a cop.

[@l.w.paradis2108]

@@Jenkmode89 Excuse me, but what did you hallucinate? Also, is . . . someone a cop because they say they are? Does someone have a right to bang on your door and enter your home because someone told them something?

[@Jenkmode89]

@@l.w.paradis2108 for starters he never entered the home. He knocked 3 times and announced himself twice very loud and clear. The kid acknowledged he knew it was the police and he still opened the door and brandished a gun to a cop which by the way is illegal in pretty much every single state and in Florida it’s a first degree misdemeanor that carries a fine and jail time. The problem is blacks in America think this only happens to blacks because that’s all the media shows them and thinking that way is ridiculous. Did you not see the video a couple of days ago of police arresting an innocent white woman and putting her face into a pile of fire ants while she got bit over 300 times? This crap doesn’t just happen to blacks in fact it happens more to whites than anyone else it’s just the media never shows it cause it doesn’t fit their narrative.

[@25lighters91]

One day our people can leave this cursed land and never look back

[@triggerfish6619]

Go back to Africa then. .the kings can sell you again !

[@tanyalake9152]

You have no shame in being/staying a wilfully brainwashed aka controlled, lazy, ignorant/uneducated, insecure, negative, fake, christian/political, technology/internet/"social" media addicted, adult.

[@tanyalake9152]

Your black/brown, ("christian/political"), parents failed you and you've failed (as well).

[@abdulrahmanraheem423]

My thoughts exactly!

[@consciousiq7643]

So if someone take your home and attacks you in yiour home, your 1st idea is to leave your home and not defend it? You must be an immigrant.

[@bighomiemac3472]

His 1st sergeant and his commander needs to get off thier @$$es and start calling for a military investigation.

[@lisameredith3300]

And as usual they will cover it up, they always do.

[@acinorevelocin4864]

Executed him as soon as he opened the door 🥹 he didn’t even have a chance to comply! So sad. Sending my sincere condolences to his family!

[@nunya2954]

yep - THIN BLUE LINE THUG COP HAD HIS GUN DRAWN BEFOR THE GUY OPENED THE DOOR.

[@acinorevelocin4864]

@@nunya2954 He surely Did

[@xx_420_blz_it_xx5]

He could’ve tried to open the door without the gun. Do you think he’d still be alive?

[@acinorevelocin4864]

@@xx_420_blz_it_xx5 No…He would’ve probably still been shot and killed. Just like a lot of others who answered the door, or homes have been raided due to the wrong apartment numbers or addresses or has been pulled over by cops with NO GUN in their possession!

[@cltjohnny8292]

We will never forget

[@IsmokeHiphopLive]

They always forget

[@fromtheheavenlyrealms8613]

They don't care. As long as we stay divided and "never forget". 😢😢

[@tanyalake9152]

Brainwashed lies. "You" have already been brainwashed, by "christianity/politics", to forget.

[@xx_420_blz_it_xx5]

Yes you will. And you never seem to learn either.

[@tahariobi391]

The woman that called the police told the Sheriff she was absolutely certain the commotion came from 140. Sge repeated that number 3 times to the sheriff. She is responsible for this murder also.

[@phoenixxxrising3059]

That’s outright MURDER.

[@khaliqmohiuddin7455]

This is Definitely a racial crime.

[@majorchutzpah7265]

How?

[@majorchutzpah7265]

How?

[@JeromeBostick]

​@@majorchutzpah7265 The deputy murdered him out of fear! His instinct was to kill him because he had a weapon on him, regardless if the weapon was pointed down. He saw a BM with a weapon, and he was scared af!

[@snjmacs]

​@@majorchutzpah7265Answer yourself no one is here to give you all of the BS you need to hear. I know how people like you play games. So get out of here.

[@majorchutzpah7265]

@@JeromeBostick Black cops are even quicker to pull the trigger on a black suspect than white cops. What is that?

[@user-cv7nj7xt7h]

So young and active duty man shot in his own house. It's best not to call the police.

[@willharm6143]

the police were called after violent threats were overheard, and the caller stated this was a common occurrence from this apartment, but the threats had become even more severe

[@artimidz3451]

Rest in Justice and in Peace, young American hero Fortson💓 🕊️ JUSTICE & PEACE FOR THE FORTSON FAMILY!

[@jasonbean2764]

That could have been me.

[@ninaconnolly6077]

That could be any person of color!

[@jasonbean2764]

@@ninaconnolly6077 yes, of any color.

[@bhicstudies6099]

@@ninaconnolly6077 I understand where you're coming from with "people of color," but the anecdotal and statistical truth is that this happens to black people more than anyone else. "People of color" are able to attack and beat cops in broad daylight, they can commit mass shootings and acts of terror and be taken in alive. Non-black people of color have a much greater chance of engaging police and living to talk about it, but not so with black folks.

[@jonasbaine3538]

Yep. Im imagining if I have my legal gun on me in holster and a cop sees it what will they actually do???! Not what the law says but what will they actually do??? If I suddenly sneeze??, turn around suddenly??? 🙏🏾.

[@anubian9896]

Me too

[@ronisilva4477]

The taste of AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

[@tiwantiwaabibiman2603]

That's ameriKKKan!

[@rendrarachman8932]

Perfect nation state on movie

[@wamarite]

The land of the free. And these are the same ideals America wants to spread to the rest of the world. BY FORCE!

[@joeperry2089]

Democratic Party at work

[@Fierceaugleo]

So are they telling us they have bunch incompetent id!ot* that cant get the right apt in the police force or hitmen that target blacks? Which one?

[@LPY-eq3ow]

Same police department involved in the acorn incident. They got the wrong apartment, somehow decided to still go after this guy, he was pointing the gun at the floor. It's not a crime to hold a gun when you open the door either, the cop's just trigger happy. Hoping he gets justice, RIP.

[@Tremendous-one]

GOD will separate the wheat from the weeds. You better believe it! Revenge is mines thus said the LORD!

[@l.w.paradis2108]

No one should open the door to a *claim* of police being on the other side. If someone tries to break down your door and *claims* to be the police, call the police. You have no duty to open your door. It's YOUR door. Anyone can shout "sheriff."

[@cujokila]

Despite this, the officer is still a murdered. This is not Fortson’s fault for opening the door.

[@l.w.paradis2108]

@cujokila Why do you all say this? How could it possibly be Fortson's fault? How? Opening the door is the most eloquent display of innocence there is. Moreover, too many people think you "have to" open the door to police. _No you don't._

[@cujokila]

@@l.w.paradis2108 so let’s say the entire scenario is the same, except it’s your mother who opened the door and who is now dead. Still agree it’s her fault?

[@l.w.paradis2108]

@@cujokila Of course not. WHO shot the gun???

[@l.w.paradis2108]

@@cujokila I said it wasn't. Quit putting words in my mouth.

[@aarons2632]

The exact same thing happened in Dallas a few years back. A female cop went to the wrong apartment (I believe she claims she thought it was hers by mistake) and killed the black guy who lived there. I think she only got 10 years.

[@eltorocal]

He was sitting on his couch eating ice cream.

[@ninaconnolly6077]

I remember that one too.

[@maggieedwards3951]

Botham Jean was executed the cop was Amber Guyer

[@kandaibbie9455]

Alright I hope the family doesn't give out hugs in the courtroom and the judge doesn't give out Bibles and forgiveness.

[@charlieangkor8649]

Myanmar level.

[@cherokeedream1313]

Can you imagine, chatting with your significant other, enjoying the night, suddenly you hear someone banging on the door, its Cops, so you open it and bam, your dead! Wtf

[@darlenedowie2926]

Everytime I see this video clip I get really upset because this deputy never gave an order to drop the gun but just shot Roger Fortson 6 times and never gave medical aid. This woman who called need to be investigated for doing a false 911 call and giving the victim's apartment number.

[@joniskibo5910]

THANKs For RePorting On This😢Story .