Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues joined Roger Fortson’s family, friends and other mourners at a suburban Atlanta megachurch Friday to pay their final respects to the Black
Senior Airman Roger Fortson was confident, caring and an exceptionally fast learner, Senior Airman Collin Courtney said at a memorial service at Hurlburt Field to honor the late airman who was killed in a May 3 police shooting at his off-post apartment.
"From my perspective, we feel we don't get the benefit of the doubt. It seems to be a 'shoot first, ask questions later' kind of thing," said Okaloosa County NAACP chapter president Sabu Willams.
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