Family of Roger Fortson press for charges against officer involved in airman's death
Three months after a police officer shot and killed Roger Fortson, an airman in the U.S. Air Force, his family and prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump held a press conference in Florida demanding that the officer face charges.
“For Black people in America, when they delay, delay, delay, that tells us they’re trying to sweep it under the rug,” Crump said, according to The Associated Press. “It ain’t no mystery what happened.”
He added that prosecutors are expected to make an announcement about potential charges on Aug. 23.
“Mark your calendars, brothers and sisters, mark your calendars," Crump said, per the AP.
"To the state’s attorney, you got everything you need," he added. "The only question is, are you going to do it?”
Forston’s mother, Chantemekki Forston, also........
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