Attorney, family of Black airman fatally shot by Florida deputies say he was a patriot [Video]

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The family of a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was fatally shot by deputies who burst into his apartment in the Florida Panhandle said Thursday that they wanted to clear his name and that authorities had put forth a false narrative that deputies acted in self-defense.

Senior Airmen Roger Fortsondid not know it was sheriff’s deputies who were breaking into his apartment — “his castle” — and that he grabbed his “legally registered firearm” to protect himself, civil rights attorney Ben Crump told reporters. …