More than three months after a U.S. Air Force airman was gunned down by a Florida sheriff’s deputy, his family and their lawyer are demanding that prosecutors decide whether to bring charges against the former lawman.
He said that “for Black people in America, when they delay, delay, delay, that tells us they’re trying to sweep it under the rug.”.
Fortson, 23, was killed on May 3 by Okaloosa County sheriff’s Deputy Eddie Duran in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
The airman answered the door to his apartment while holding a handgun pointed toward the floor and was killed within seconds, body camera video showed.
On Friday, Crump said his team has been told that authorities will make a decision on charges on Aug. 23.
Fortson, who was from metro Atlanta, was stationed at the Air Force’s Hurlburt Field in the Florida Panhandle.
Now, Crump and the family want the former deputy to face charges. »