The mother of an airman who was shot and killed by a Florida sheriff’s deputy says the deputy’s firing was not justice for her son’s killing.

The mother of an Air Force airman who was fatally shot in the doorway to his home by a Florida sheriff’s deputy said Monday that the deputy’s firing was not justice for her son’s killing.

Chantemekki Fortson spoke at a news conference in Atlanta accompanied by her attorney, Ben Crump, who said the firing of Okaloosa County Deputy Eddie Duran was a “step forward,” but that Duran should also be charged in Senior Airman Roger Fortson’s killing.

Sheriff Eric Aden fired Duran on Friday, about a month after he shot and killed Roger Fortsonwhile responding to a domestic violence call and being directed to Fortson’s apartment.

In addition to saying Duran’s firing isn’t enough, Chantemekki Fortson said it should have happened much sooner.

“Let’s be clear, that is not justice,” she said of the firing. “That’s you thinking you’re throwing me a bone and I’m OK with it. I’m not OK with it. I’m not OK with it.”

  • bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    Duran shot Fortson, 23, multiple times on May 3, two seconds after he opened his door while legally holding a handgun pointed down, the deputy’s body camera footage shows. Fortson was Black.

    As always radio silence from the NRA, the official Russian consulate for American gun manufacturers.