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Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues have joined Roger Fortson’s family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch to pay their final respects to the Black senior
(ATLANTA) -- Dozens of Air Force members came together at a suburban Atlanta church Friday with the family and friends of Senior Airman Roger Fortson to honor the serviceman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home by a sheriff’s deputy on May 3.Fortson, 23, was in his home in Fort Walton Beach, Florida,
The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an event without any recent precedent.
The funeral came a day after Fortson's mother vowed to get justice for her son.
STONECREST, Ga. (AP) — Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues joined Roger Fortson’s family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch on Friday to pay their final