Authorities in Florida, in the USA, released, this Thursday, images recorded by a police officer’s bodycam that show the officer knocking on a door and shooting as soon as it is opened by a black man who had a gun in his hand. gun pointed downwards. The victim, a 23-year-old Air Force pilot, died in hospital.
The case occurred on May 3rd and, according to the The New York Timesthe police officer was investigating a report that reported that there was an argument in Roger Fortson’s apartment, no. 1,401 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
The pilot’s family guarantees, in a statement, cited by The New York Times, that the police “went to the wrong apartment”. And after seeing the ‘bodycam’ images, he questions why the agent didn’t ask Roger to drop the gun before shooting.
The family’s lawyer, Ben Crump, said that his clients’ son was, at the time of the shooting, on a video call with his girlfriend and that he was the only person in the apartment, which contradicts the complaint received by the authorities and which will have was made by a woman who has not been identified. The family also emphasizes that this is an “unjustifiable murder”.
“For some reason he [o agente] thought that [o Roger] He was a bad man, but he was a good man. He was an exceptional man”, said the lawyer for the pilot’s family, quoted by The Guardianwhich also highlighted the police officer’s duty to make sure they were in the right apartment.
The United States Air Force pilot carried a weapon and therefore used it against “unjustified searches by the police”, according to the lawyer.
Authorities are investigating the case.
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