USAF Airman Killed in Wrong Address Police Incident

[Route 45]

Florida sheriff deputies burst into wrong apartment and fatally shot U.S. airman, attorney says

Florida sheriff deputies burst into the wrong apartment and fatally shot Senior Airman Roger Fortson, Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Route 45]

This story will have legs. This is the same department that had an officer get into a gunfight with an acorn not too long ago,

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Getting the correct address must be hard. Moments after reading this account this one popped up on my feed. Luckily no one got killed in this one.

 

[Basher]

Florida being Florida again…

RIP to the airman, and hopefully *rip* to the department in some form or fashion for this most epic eff-up.

It’s time to end no-knock’s for anything short of confirmed, violent offenders that have had their address quadruple checked, etc.

 

[Route 45]

Here’s the previous acorn incident, for those that haven’t seen it.

 

[daddyusmaximus]

Stupid idiots.
A serviceman is dead, and the city will be on the hook for a huge lawsuit... all in time for summer riot season.

 

[jwamplerusa]

Getting the correct address must be hard. Moments after reading this account this one popped up on my feed. Luckily no one got killed in this one.

Charge every single one of these incompetent sons of b****** with deprivation of rights under color of law.

Seriously, they didn't do enough surveillance to know who lived in the home? Can't be bothered with that whole pesky you know, "...and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Thing.

 

[Route 45]

Charge every single one of these incompetent sons of b****** with deprivation of rights under color of law.

Seriously, they didn't do enough surveillance to know who lived in the home? Can't be bothered with that whole pesky you know, "...and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Thing.

This was a disturbance call, not a warrant service.

 

[Kdf101]

I am tired of seeing this kind of stuff, while simultaneously seeing riots on campus that are okay. I can’t think of his name right now, but someone on this forum advocates for the disman of the state. I agree.

 

[Shadow01]

Guess it will be best to always be prepared to shoot first when the door is kicked in….

 

[AndreusMaximus]

This was a disturbance call, not a warrant service.

He's talking about the one that Godfearin' posted, which was a search warrant.

 

[BigRed]

Stupid idiots.
A serviceman is dead, and the city taxpayers will be on the hook for a huge lawsuit... all in time for summer riot season.

FIFY

.gov never pays for its **** ups.

 

[jwamplerusa]

This was a disturbance call, not a warrant service.

I was referring to the Tulsa Oklahoma raid.

It was a search warrant, listen at about 25 to 30 seconds. The gentleman who pounds on the door screamed search warrant.

The Florida incident is sad, but I do not know if it was criminal. That death may have been an honest mistake depending on what they received for an address and other information. Regardless the mere presence of a firearm is not cause to execute someone in their own home. Under the circumstances however if the young airman had no reason to believe the police were there he may well have raised his pistol to a perceived threat. Hopefully body cams will sort those details out and let Justice be served.

 

[BigRed]

I am tired of seeing this kind of stuff, while simultaneously seeing riots on campus that are okay. I can’t think of his name right now, but someone on this forum advocates for the disman of the state. I agree.

I don't know his name, but his initials are BigRed. He seems mostly focused on dissolving the ******* central state.

 

[BigRed]

Others here may know better than me.

With the "burn loot murder" crap, has it become more difficult to hire peace officers and, assuming it has, have the standards for accepting candidates been lowered?

 

[Destro]

Sheriff's Press Conference

Has the body cam footage.

 

[maxipum]

This was a disturbance call, not a warrant service.

No, this is the raid on the mother and her three children he is referencing. At least that is my impression.

 

[firecadet613]

It's really hard not to say F the police when they keep doing xxxx like this...

 

[indyblue]

Guess it will be best to always be prepared to shoot first when the door is kicked in….

And end up like the Airport exec recently shot.

 

[Route 45]

No, this is the raid on the mother and her three children he is referencing. At least that is my impression.

My mistake, didn’t catch that.