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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That young man was executed. That's fucked up...
@charlieangkor8649
15 күн бұрын
Myanmar level.
@purpledancerbmw5279
15 күн бұрын
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
14 күн бұрын
That part
@vanessa-vu3uf
14 күн бұрын
Agree
@loispoindexter757
13 күн бұрын
Yeah, he knew something. Special opps.
This is murder, hold cops personally accountable for negligence just as doctors and nurses
@MarilynHudson-xq5pp
14 күн бұрын
You are exactly right 💯
@AyjayAlleyway
12 күн бұрын
Brandishing a firearm is illegal
@AyjayAlleyway
12 күн бұрын
Roger was a moron
@immovableobject6851
11 күн бұрын
If it's neglect, then it's not murder.
@onceagain6184
6 күн бұрын
@@AyjayAlleyway Under what Florida statue?
There was no threat at all, this is an execution.
@waltershumer4211
14 күн бұрын
The kid had a gun in his hand
@denysuwitonze9775
13 күн бұрын
@@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
13 күн бұрын
It wasn't in his hand
@waltershumer4211
13 күн бұрын
@@mikeveis6269 it was in his hand do you have to watch a video where it's not blurred out
@xx_420_blz_it_xx5
12 күн бұрын
Cops don’t like to be surprised with a gun. It was made very clear that he was a cop. Evolution at work.
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
10 күн бұрын
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
9 күн бұрын
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
The white woman that called about the domestic dispute, took the officer to that apartment, she should be accountable too.
@l.w.paradis2108
16 күн бұрын
YES
@majorchutzpah7265
16 күн бұрын
No!😂
@tenagnekifle4634
16 күн бұрын
you should interview karen, the caller......
@gabrielmaroto18
15 күн бұрын
This was deliberate assassination
@beatsbydizzy8932
15 күн бұрын
facts
Funny how we don't hear this kind of story on mainstream media isn't it?
@LocalFoe
16 күн бұрын
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
16 күн бұрын
Does not fit the narrative
@amelie2626
16 күн бұрын
@@tomjones9082 That is exactly so.
@rundmv6534
16 күн бұрын
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
16 күн бұрын
This is so crazy, schizophrenic and tragic at all levels, especially to his little siblings.😢😢😢 Ooooh, America!!! God help us.
Why has the Air Force not spoke up for this young man?
@Mr.Atlanta850
14 күн бұрын
🙄 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
13 күн бұрын
Chain of Command, CH, chain of command.
@nunya2954
13 күн бұрын
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
13 күн бұрын
@@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
12 күн бұрын
He is black that’s why they are not saying anything.
Murdered by a trigger happy officer !!
@donovancameron2867
12 күн бұрын
Police always try to arrest, or kill black military personnel
@mikehowell9053
12 күн бұрын
But it he came to door with gun
@juliansearcie1758
12 күн бұрын
@@mikehowell9053 and ?. Anybody can knock on your door and holler police .his biggest mistake was opening the door ..
@visiow2691
12 күн бұрын
@@mikehowell9053Thats lawful
@benny7967
12 күн бұрын
His gun was pointed down before he had a chance to react and drop it he was shot
Always the wrong apartment when it's black folk unalived .
@gabrielmaroto18
15 күн бұрын
Murder! It was murder.
@JeromeBostick
15 күн бұрын
Accidentally on purpose...
@tjcombo9328
15 күн бұрын
IKR!
@Fierceaugleo
14 күн бұрын
So they telling us they have bunch incompetent id!ot* in the police force or hitmen that target blacks? Which one?
@vanessa-vu3uf
14 күн бұрын
Agree
Murdering an American serviceman is totally un-American!
@khamariblair4898
9 күн бұрын
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.
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
13 күн бұрын
they not going to heaven anyway after slavery jim crow and all this bs its a wrap once this country falls
@erickmichel676
11 күн бұрын
500 million dollars lawsuit incoming they will think twice before taking someone life 😭
@vintage1908
9 күн бұрын
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
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
16 күн бұрын
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
16 күн бұрын
@@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
16 күн бұрын
@@katiavramova7629 im confused. What do you mean?
@i.quadmegistus5768
16 күн бұрын
@@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
16 күн бұрын
@@katiavramova7629No. None of that happened.
This is what domestic terrorism looks like
@kathyohara6658
14 күн бұрын
100%
@michaelreynolds5327
13 күн бұрын
Absolutely 💯
@nunya2954
13 күн бұрын
SPOT ON
@mikeveis6269
13 күн бұрын
This also what genocide looks like too
@leewhitbeck791
11 күн бұрын
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.
Looks like murder. Deputy went to the apartment the Karen complained about. Both of them need to be charged with murder
@mikeveis6269
13 күн бұрын
It was genocide
@mike-ws3jl
11 күн бұрын
Don't pull a gun on cops
@joeperry2089
11 күн бұрын
@@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
9 күн бұрын
@joeperry2089 he banged on the door and yelled, it's police protocol to not stand infront the door because of gun fire threat
@joeperry2089
9 күн бұрын
@@mike-ws3jl ok genius how is an honest citizen supposed to protect themselves from home invasions? Please whitesplain that me
They shot this young man down 6 times in cold blood!!! Just heartless and wrong!!!!
@littleme3597
2 күн бұрын
NO, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HE CAME TO THE DOOR WITH GUN POINTED AT POLICE! ON DRUGS. HE KNEW, why his door was being knocked on. SEE OFFICER TATUM.
Suspect Down there was no suspect!
@shegoglavern9228
12 күн бұрын
Don't move how culd he,bc,all them shots of bullets 😢😢😢OMG THISSSSSSSSS HERE ISSSSSS HORRIBLE HORRIFIC TRAUMATIZING ACT
@cannabis1490
11 күн бұрын
I thought the same!
@esladavidson5356
11 күн бұрын
Suspected of what? Are black people patriots?
@theonewhoknows9615
11 күн бұрын
Exactly!!!
@gardensofthegods
3 күн бұрын
And in a couple videos several people trying to spread lies and rumors saying he had a record of domestic violence but I don't believe it
That policeman was unqualified. He should get life in prison.
@jayvanover4130
15 күн бұрын
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
15 күн бұрын
He was agressief from the beginning!
@mamaafrican4958
14 күн бұрын
Wrong apartment,wrong person oh GOD innocent child just died like that it's real intentional.GOD Will judge these police officers oOoOO.
@jaigeils1096
14 күн бұрын
@@mamaafrican4958 That Part. They Forget about the Higher Power.
@tobechukwuokonkwo5957
13 күн бұрын
Amber geiger was pathetic.....crying to avoid justice for her obviously deliberate act...
What a horrible way to die for an airman serving his country. 😢😢😢😢😢
@25lighters91
16 күн бұрын
Which is why i know not to contribute in anyway to this place.
@charlieangkor8649
15 күн бұрын
@@25lighters91 That's exactly what you should do.
@gabrielmaroto18
15 күн бұрын
This is America. What you sleeping on? Who got you sleeping on? This is America.
@25lighters91
14 күн бұрын
@@charlieangkor8649 No this country really doesn't like black presence or input so no
@imhereforitall9218
14 күн бұрын
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.
Brother tried to be all he could be. Look what happens when he comes home.
@therealmulatto
11 күн бұрын
Should have known they plotting
@karlb8069
6 күн бұрын
When he came home the system treated him like They wanted him to be: Just a black man.
The military owes him justice. Where are the military lawyers at.
@whome1629
16 күн бұрын
If you think the military will come to your rescue, you've been watching too much NCIS.
@charlieangkor8649
15 күн бұрын
I don't see them anywhere. I think they are cowards.
@purpledancerbmw5279
15 күн бұрын
Probably training his friends to lie on him.
@JamesWhite-mb8mg
15 күн бұрын
Military won't get involved.
@purpledancerbmw5279
15 күн бұрын
@@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.
he just starts shooting right away wtf
@renzopeterson153
14 күн бұрын
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
14 күн бұрын
He came to the door with a gun in his hand and the cop freaked out
@21mrtech
14 күн бұрын
Was he suppose to wait to get shot first ?
@glovesforsocks4603
14 күн бұрын
@@waltershumer4211 its not a crime to hold your gun in your home
@glovesforsocks4603
14 күн бұрын
@@21mrtech its not a crime to hold your gun in your home
served his country and get killed by those we call for help. America.
@Fierceaugleo
14 күн бұрын
Black America better wake up feed fast
The fact that the airforce is not standing up and speaking up is insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Wrong apartment and wrong person! 2. This man wasn’t even a threat and gets shot! What is wrong with this world?
@ninaconnolly6077
16 күн бұрын
More like what is wrong with America's POLICE.
@Jenkmode89
16 күн бұрын
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
16 күн бұрын
@@ninaconnolly6077 More like what wrong with America, period!
@katiavramova7629
16 күн бұрын
How many times have you entered "wrong apartment"?
@Jleed989
16 күн бұрын
With a gun in hand?
Do not open the door. Ever.
@Dion1226
14 күн бұрын
Amen
@Fierceaugleo
14 күн бұрын
Use a 2 way audio security camera 📷
@Fierceaugleo
14 күн бұрын
There you have it folks, Use a 2 way audio security camera
@Assata_Shakur
14 күн бұрын
Tell that to Botham Jean
@leahjenkins9330
13 күн бұрын
@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.
Suspect down? He wasn’t a suspect, he was minding his business in his home.
@LearieThomas
14 күн бұрын
Correct u are good morning...
@xx_420_blz_it_xx5
12 күн бұрын
That’s a weird reason to get shot.. there wasn’t anything else???
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
15 күн бұрын
Maybe it is because the victim was military.
@desserineprimus2318
14 күн бұрын
@@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
14 күн бұрын
What! Surreal indeed...
Since when do you go into a home with guns drawn for a domestic dispute? My god!
@rwilson9759
16 күн бұрын
That did not happen in this case. Deputy drew his gun when he saw a gun in this mans hand. What a tragedy.
@lilmamagc
16 күн бұрын
@@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
15 күн бұрын
Alleged dispute. And cop stood at the door and heard nothing. knocked hard on the unannounced and ducked the peephole.
@purpledancerbmw5279
15 күн бұрын
Imagine if kids were present.
@timmoore3188
15 күн бұрын
@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.
This is insane Who trained this officer? The devil?
@rhetorical1488
16 күн бұрын
you are not far off. the Idf.
@SetanyahuIsAWarCriminal
16 күн бұрын
United Snake's 🐍 of America White supremacists state cannot be trusted !! 😏
@Find-Your-Bliss-
16 күн бұрын
Was he trained in Israel?
@ericcarabetta1161
16 күн бұрын
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
16 күн бұрын
Israel
That cop would never qualify to be in the airforce.
@nunya2954
13 күн бұрын
That's why they are THIN BLUE LINE THUG COPS
@mikeveis6269
13 күн бұрын
He can't, he's a Nazi
Cold blooded murder.
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
16 күн бұрын
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
14 күн бұрын
Dream-killer. RIP, young sir.
@charlesirby1643
12 күн бұрын
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
11 күн бұрын
@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
11 күн бұрын
You are so right very sad mighty god of Daniel 🙏
He said drop the gun after he shot the guy
@andrewcool8101
16 күн бұрын
He shouldn't have opened the door to a cop while holding a gun. Why the hell would he do that?
@eaglesfanbirdnation
16 күн бұрын
@@andrewcool8101the second amendment only applies to white people. Great comment
@eltorocal
16 күн бұрын
@@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
16 күн бұрын
@@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
16 күн бұрын
@@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.
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.
As a retired Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, this is OUTRAGEOUS! I demand JUSTICE!! My hear breaks.
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
15 күн бұрын
right cuz anyone could bang on your door and say that they are officer of the goddamn law
@hagnuj1070
15 күн бұрын
@@kandaibbie9455 He hid from view at the door peep. They delayed aid to make sure he dies.
@monocomo1675
15 күн бұрын
I think 2nd amendment needs to rewrite doesn't make sense
@joeperry2089
15 күн бұрын
Preach brother preach
@purpledancerbmw5279
15 күн бұрын
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!
Where's the military at 🤔 Where's his battalion at 🤔
@kalyddessalines769
16 күн бұрын
They always "back the badge."
@TRIPLETW0WNZ
16 күн бұрын
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
16 күн бұрын
@@TRIPLETW0WNZthe cop won't be charged with anything
@kandaibbie9455
15 күн бұрын
@@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
15 күн бұрын
I think they are cowards.
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
Six Shots Of Hatred! Why? 🤨
This was an assassination. How the f*ck do you go to the wrong address in this day in age?
@robertmarley8852
16 күн бұрын
It's on purpose
@samartinez1988
16 күн бұрын
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
16 күн бұрын
@@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
16 күн бұрын
@@samartinez1988Let's not make excuses for the cops. Does a poorly marked building aid in an unwarranted shooting?
@LazyIRanch
16 күн бұрын
@@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.
We also need to know who called the police to begin with.
@purpledancerbmw5279
15 күн бұрын
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
14 күн бұрын
A neighbor, it's a video of her in the parking lot
@purpledancerbmw5279
14 күн бұрын
@@vanessa-vu3uf they need to find her and find out any prior relationship.
@kimberlycarey5104
11 күн бұрын
This what I'm trying to figure out, domestic fight s are the worst one's but who called???.
@purpledancerbmw5279
11 күн бұрын
@@kimberlycarey5104 no 911 trace this far.
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
15 күн бұрын
White people are shot twice as often by police...
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.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Next time you wonder why there is so much sadness and violence in the US, refer to this video... and learn
@LivieLiv723
14 күн бұрын
Next time you wonder if The Most High isn’t going to recompense his people think again Babylon is falling!
@broyishai9699
14 күн бұрын
Joel 3
@karriemburton9024
14 күн бұрын
This is why blackpeople feel the way they feel about the police
@karriemburton9024
14 күн бұрын
I have no respect for the legal process
@elizabethflynr7561
14 күн бұрын
@@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.
Florida has become so despicable!
@mikeveis6269
13 күн бұрын
It's run by that dictator Ron DeSantis
So sorry for this senseless Killing!
What should a black man do to be safe if they can't be in their home.
@DaemonJax
3 күн бұрын
That's the point. You're not safe anywhere.
A very strong mother, but I'm so damn tired of watching black women having to be so strong all the time.
@lovelybutterfly2480
12 күн бұрын
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
11 күн бұрын
Thas they fault ....they rather beat their son for talking back and then they apologize when the police kill their son
@peachesjohnson9387
7 күн бұрын
Ummmm that sounds like YOUR MAMA, @@therealmulatto
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
15 күн бұрын
@@itssantilies!…Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly armed illegally and came away with no bullets in his ass!
@Iamwhoiam993
15 күн бұрын
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
15 күн бұрын
@@itssantiunderstandable but aren’t they trained to be levelheaded in situations like this and not panic?
@YourLocalCountryBoy23
15 күн бұрын
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
15 күн бұрын
@@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".
How did he immediately start shooting as soon as the door was open? What kind of protocol is that?
This is called murder.
That deputy sheriff killed that young man in cold blood
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
16 күн бұрын
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
15 күн бұрын
But then they will just start shooting like they did in the incident with Brianna Taylor.
@jamelgregg946
15 күн бұрын
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.
15 күн бұрын
DO NOT CALL THE COPS! Unless you are looking to call a gun that will shoot indiscriminately!
@theia1653
15 күн бұрын
Heard of a scenario like this, dispatch would tell you they're at your door already.
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
15 күн бұрын
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
15 күн бұрын
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
15 күн бұрын
Boom
@TYRONE-kh9zn
15 күн бұрын
@@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
15 күн бұрын
@@artimidz3451 His country since when ? The same country that would gladly throw him under the bus .
Gun was with him in his house so the gun doesn't matter
Why is this murderous deputy not being named?
I believe This is why people feel like they have to take the police life before the police take theirs
@eltorocal
16 күн бұрын
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
13 күн бұрын
@@eltorocal AMEN TO THAT
@__vontaaecarter
13 күн бұрын
This is true
@kingmamba8910
11 күн бұрын
@@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?
This footage should be used in the next anti racism documentary
@gabrielmaroto18
15 күн бұрын
This video should be sent to Tim Scott!
@weirdal706
15 күн бұрын
Racism? Certainly NOT anti-nothing.
This is so unreal! He just opened fire on the guy! What for? It's so unbelievable!
Disgusting. That's absolutely unacceptable and without justification. That officer is a liability not just to the general public, but to the force itself.
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
15 күн бұрын
Yup!
@andredardy6957
14 күн бұрын
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
13 күн бұрын
@@andredardy6957 Amen, well said!
Hopefully this cop will be facing Federal time because this young man was in the US army so that's Federal..
@coleengoodell7523
14 күн бұрын
US Air Force.
@Fierceaugleo
14 күн бұрын
Yep federal property as they say
@mike-ws3jl
11 күн бұрын
Why
@BLACK_MikeHammer
10 күн бұрын
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.
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
The officer hid from the peep hole.😮
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
15 күн бұрын
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
15 күн бұрын
Please explain this acorn thing.....I don't usually watch the news because I'm sick of that orange guys lies.
@superkid3188
15 күн бұрын
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
15 күн бұрын
@@superkid3188 on my that's so crazy.
@coleengoodell7523
14 күн бұрын
@@superkid3188 lol, I saw the video and he even crawled away as if he'd been wounded. What a spaz.
Military vet murdered by a coward with a badge!! Smfh This is America 🇺🇸 💯 🔥
@lilithdemonia74
14 күн бұрын
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?
Wow. It was just, open door and fire. No hello or anything. So horrible
And as usual they will cover it up, they always do.
Unacceptable
How come the FBI is not checking into this crime that was committed by this cop.
@Esoteric360starseed
15 күн бұрын
What do you expect our DOJ is compromised, you see how they are doing Trump.
@gazoontight
15 күн бұрын
Because they carry badges too. Cops stick up for their own at every level. Almost all of them are criminals with badges.
@vanessa-vu3uf
14 күн бұрын
Seriously
@LDrumsOhio
14 күн бұрын
They will after. They’ll get the officer on denying him his civil rights.
@ebogood4441
14 күн бұрын
Because it was an AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE
Then they walked over his body and searched his apartment.
Don't open your door, you are not required to.
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
15 күн бұрын
Acorn cop came from the same Law Enforcement Agency.
@purpledancerbmw5279
15 күн бұрын
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
14 күн бұрын
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
13 күн бұрын
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
13 күн бұрын
@@nunya2954 oh yes!
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
16 күн бұрын
This is unbelievable! How can this sh…kill the man without making sure if he was in the right apartment .
@LivieLiv723
14 күн бұрын
Yet they didn’t give 2 about us . Devil vs Devil none of my black business
@therealmulatto
11 күн бұрын
@@LivieLiv723but when blk ppl gonna fight back?
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
"The second amendment applies to black people too." YES!!!!
@royharper2003
15 күн бұрын
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
14 күн бұрын
@@royharper2003Ask yourself, when the amendment was written was it intended for anyone other than white men.
@cheng-tsohsieh9990
13 күн бұрын
@@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
8 күн бұрын
@@royharper2003don’t explain nothing to that individual! Folk see and don’t see what they want!
Why is the second amendment only applicable to white Americans?
@25lighters91
16 күн бұрын
Because this is a white supremacist country. No different from Israel infact its what Israel learned from.
@ninaconnolly6077
16 күн бұрын
Absolutely!! When the Panthers started open carrying, the whites had a farking fit!!
@Jenkmode89
16 күн бұрын
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
16 күн бұрын
@@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
16 күн бұрын
@@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.
how can you say suspect down when you don't no who suspect is.
@Fierceaugleo
14 күн бұрын
It was another planned hit
He gave him no chance
His 1st sergeant and his commander needs to get off thier @$$es and start calling for a military investigation.
This was handled very poorly rest in peace.
@cheng-tsohsieh9990
13 күн бұрын
It was handled very racistly.
This is so horrible. So crazy. Please US, fix your country, it's broke.
@charlieangkor8649
15 күн бұрын
I think now it's Myanmar level.
@DntHtThPlya
15 күн бұрын
It is beyond fixing.
@johnhenningfield4360
15 күн бұрын
They will never fix it cause then it requires them to treat people fairly
@royharper2003
14 күн бұрын
yes because in your country police wait for people to shoot them before they shoot??
@billkingll1678
13 күн бұрын
That'll never happen. The hate, and incompetence is too embedded in this country.
That’s outright MURDER.
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.
This is Definitely a racial crime.
@majorchutzpah7265
16 күн бұрын
How?
@majorchutzpah7265
16 күн бұрын
How?
@JeromeBostick
16 күн бұрын
@@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
16 күн бұрын
@@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
16 күн бұрын
@@JeromeBostick Black cops are even quicker to pull the trigger on a black suspect than white cops. What is that?
One day our people can leave this cursed land and never look back
@triggerfish6619
16 күн бұрын
Go back to Africa then. .the kings can sell you again !
@tanyalake9152
16 күн бұрын
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
16 күн бұрын
Your black/brown, ("christian/political"), parents failed you and you've failed (as well).
@abdulrahmanraheem423
15 күн бұрын
My thoughts exactly!
@consciousiq7643
15 күн бұрын
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.
He's gotta pay with his life and his money . He has to go jail and sued civil suit wise. Damn Blacks are not even safe in their own home from the WS police...smdh No other race of people go thru this in ths country called Amerikkka
We will never forget
@IsmokeHiphopLive
16 күн бұрын
They always forget
@fromtheheavenlyrealms8613
16 күн бұрын
They don't care. As long as we stay divided and "never forget". 😢😢
@tanyalake9152
15 күн бұрын
Brainwashed lies. "You" have already been brainwashed, by "christianity/politics", to forget.
@xx_420_blz_it_xx5
12 күн бұрын
Yes you will. And you never seem to learn either.
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
13 күн бұрын
yep - THIN BLUE LINE THUG COP HAD HIS GUN DRAWN BEFOR THE GUY OPENED THE DOOR.
@acinorevelocin4864
13 күн бұрын
@@nunya2954 He surely Did
@xx_420_blz_it_xx5
12 күн бұрын
He could’ve tried to open the door without the gun. Do you think he’d still be alive?
@acinorevelocin4864
12 күн бұрын
@@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!
He stepped back from the peephole!
I almost wonder if it was a false report. Like the person who called was just trying to cause trouble or something.
So young and active duty man shot in his own house. It's best not to call the police.
@willharm6143
15 күн бұрын
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
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
16 күн бұрын
He was sitting on his couch eating ice cream.
@ninaconnolly6077
16 күн бұрын
I remember that one too.
@maggieedwards3951
16 күн бұрын
Botham Jean was executed the cop was Amber Guyer
@kandaibbie9455
15 күн бұрын
Alright I hope the family doesn't give out hugs in the courtroom and the judge doesn't give out Bibles and forgiveness.
@charlieangkor8649
15 күн бұрын
Myanmar level.
Rest in Justice and in Peace, young American hero Fortson💓 🕊️ JUSTICE & PEACE FOR THE FORTSON FAMILY!
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.
That could have been me.
@ninaconnolly6077
16 күн бұрын
That could be any person of color!
@jasonbean2764
16 күн бұрын
@@ninaconnolly6077 yes, of any color.
@bhicstudies6099
16 күн бұрын
@@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
15 күн бұрын
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
14 күн бұрын
Me too
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
13 күн бұрын
Despite this, the officer is still a murdered. This is not Fortson’s fault for opening the door.
@l.w.paradis2108
13 күн бұрын
@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
13 күн бұрын
@@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
13 күн бұрын
@@cujokila Of course not. WHO shot the gun???
@l.w.paradis2108
13 күн бұрын
@@cujokila I said it wasn't. Quit putting words in my mouth.
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
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.
It will get covered up as usual.
@purpledancerbmw5279
15 күн бұрын
They'll cross the mom two flags and tell her to get over it, poopnhappens and you have other kids to send into the service. This kid was no slouch.......Air Force is no cake walk.