No Matter what the Constitution says Blacks are Prohibited from Possessing Guns: White FLA Cop Shot a Black Man to Death Seconds After He Opened Front Door w/a Gun @ His Side, Had Committed No Crime
2ND AMENDMENT FOR WHITES ONLY From [HERE] Under mounting pressure to offer a justification for the fatal police shooting of a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman in his own apartment last week, a Florida sheriff on Thursday released body camera footage of the deadly encounter.
The footage shows Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, answering the door of his apartment in the Florida Panhandle and immediately being shot by a White deputy from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. The video also shows that Airman Fortson was holding a gun at his side, within split seconds the white cop began firing.
When the officer seized the Black man he was not under arrest and had not committed any crime.
The footage released Thursday shows that the deputy, who has not been identified, had been told by a woman at the apartment complex in Fort Walton Beach, in the Florida Panhandle, that he should go to apartment No. 1401 because of an apparent domestic dispute there.
It is unclear who the woman is, why the deputy had been called in the first place and whether the apartment number was correctly identified.
When the deputy arrives at Apartment 1401, the footage shows, he first knocks without identifying himself. He then knocks again, says, “Sheriff’s office, open the door,” and steps away from the door.
Seconds later, the deputy shifts to the other side of the door, knocks and announces himself again, the footage shows.
Airman Fortson then opens the door, holding in his right hand a gun that appears to be pointed downward. The deputy says, “Step back,” and then fires several times at the airman, who raises his left hand in front of his chest, according to the footage.
After Airman Fortson falls back, the deputy yells, “Drop the gun!”
“I don’t have it,” Airman Fortson replies.
The deputy calls in emergency medical services and tells Airman Fortson, “Do not move.”
Mr. Crump said on Thursday that Airman Fortson was shot six times and that he was alone in his apartment.