The Fatal Shooting Of Black U.S. Airman By Florida Deputy Renews Debate About Race And Police Killings

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated May 21, 2024

Hundreds lined up outside the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in the Atlanta suburb of Stonecrest last Friday to say their final goodbye to Roger Fortson. The 23-year-old Black U.S. airman was shot and killed in his own home by a Florida deputy who responded to a call earlier this month “about a possible domestic violence situation at Fortson’s apartment complex.”

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