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>>> then the police shooting of air force airman roger fortson. what we are hearing from his family through their attorney, benjamin crump, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. monday night. >> good evening, i'm charles coleman jr. in for stephanie ruhle tonight and we have got a lot to talk about point we are now just 176 days away from the election .5 years ago we saw michael cohen publicly turn on his long-term boss, donald trump, and today, after years of buildup, cohen finally took the stand as a key witness in the first criminal trial of a former president. and just like us, he had a lot to say. nbc's laura jarrett has the details from a pivotal day in court. >> reporter: tonight a highly anticipated courtroom showdown. prosecutor's star witness michael cohen, former president trump's self-described fixer turned fierce critic telling the jury mr. trump directed him to pay off an adult film actress days before the 2016 election to protect his campaign. everything required mr. trump's sign off, cohen told the jury, testifying m
>>> then the police shooting of air force airman roger fortson. what we are hearing from his family through their attorney, benjamin crump, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. monday night. >> good evening, i'm charles coleman jr. in for stephanie ruhle tonight and we have got a lot to talk about point we are now just 176 days away from the election .5 years ago we saw michael cohen publicly turn on his long-term boss, donald trump, and today, after years of...
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airmen roger fortson. the black 23-year-old who was shot and killed earlier this month by a florida sheriff's deputy in fortson's own apartment complex. joining me now is washington post columnist eugene robinson. eugene, today is the fourth anniversary of george floyd's murder by a police officer. i did the eulogy at two of the funerals and late last week the family of u.s. senior airmen roger fortson laid him to rest in florida. i spoke at the funeral via a video and reverend jamaal ryan did the eulogy. the 20-year-old fortson was shot and killed earlier this month by a sheriff's deputy who mistakenly showed up at his apartment while responding to a disturbance. body camera footage shows the deputy announced himself twice. fortson, a licensed gun owner, according to his attorney ben crump, opened the door with his firearm pointed down. the deputy immediately shot fortson several times, then called for medical assistance. critics have pointed to other instances of black legal gun owners, amir locke, phila
airmen roger fortson. the black 23-year-old who was shot and killed earlier this month by a florida sheriff's deputy in fortson's own apartment complex. joining me now is washington post columnist eugene robinson. eugene, today is the fourth anniversary of george floyd's murder by a police officer. i did the eulogy at two of the funerals and late last week the family of u.s. senior airmen roger fortson laid him to rest in florida. i spoke at the funeral via a video and reverend jamaal ryan did...
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the okaloosa county sheriff's department released bodycam video of the deputy shooting roger fortson, maintaining they went to the right apartment, but four since family says the details, don't add up i need you guys to tell the truth about my son i need you to get his reputation right? yes. >> if you have a hard if you have a niece or nephew any young person in your life, tell the truth about my son fortson's family legal team also released their own video from the facetime call between fortson and his girlfriend, which caught the aftermath of that shooting. >> cnn's nick valencia let's see how is in atlanta for us. nick, he is from georgia. what what are you learning from these these videos? i know they are extremely disturbing. >> they are so disturbing sara and social justice activists are enraged this morning saying that this is just another example of police and america putting out false narratives about what really happened. in fact, during a press conference yesterday, ben crump, who is representing the family, said the initial statement from the okaloosa county sheriff's offi
the okaloosa county sheriff's department released bodycam video of the deputy shooting roger fortson, maintaining they went to the right apartment, but four since family says the details, don't add up i need you guys to tell the truth about my son i need you to get his reputation right? yes. >> if you have a hard if you have a niece or nephew any young person in your life, tell the truth about my son fortson's family legal team also released their own video from the facetime call between...
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air force airman roger fortson as he opened his door. and a warning to you, some of the images are disturbing. cbs' mark strassmann reports. >> reporter: newly released body cam video shows an okaloosa count deputy arriving at the home of senior airman roger fortson's apartment door, responding to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance. the video is partially blurred. the deputy appears to step to the side and knock. seconds later, fortson opens the door holding a handgun at his side that was legally owned according to his family. the deputy orders him to step back and then fires. [ gunfire ] okaloosa county sheriff eric aden says his department released the video to be transparent. >> i want to assure you that we are not hiding, covering up, or taking action that would result in a rush to judgment of mr. fortson or our deputy. >> reporter: fortson's mother says her son was facetiming with his girlfriend during the shooting. a portion of that facetime video which appears to be after the shooting was released by the family's attorney. >>
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. >> reporter: in the moments before senior airman roger fortson is fatally shot by police, an okaloosa sheriff's deputy knocks on his apartment door. >> sheriff's office, open the door! >> reporter: identifying himself twice. sheriff's office, open the door! >> reporter: fortson opens the door with a gun by his side, but not visibly raised. and a split second later, six shots are fired, killing the 23-year-old. officials say the deputy reacted in self-defense after he encountered a 23-year-old man armed with a gun, and after the deputy had identified himself as law enforcement. >> he shot him, our baby was shot up. >> he was shot six times. >> reporter: officers say they were responding to a disturbance call reported in apartment 1401, which is fortson's unit. >> are they fighting or something? >> saying it happens frequently. >> reporter: a woman seen on camera when a deputy first arrived said she also heard disturbances weeks earlier, but couldn't confirm from where. >> like you stupid b word, and sounded like i heard a slap. >> reporter: fortson's mother whom we spoke to before body
. >> reporter: in the moments before senior airman roger fortson is fatally shot by police, an okaloosa sheriff's deputy knocks on his apartment door. >> sheriff's office, open the door! >> reporter: identifying himself twice. sheriff's office, open the door! >> reporter: fortson opens the door with a gun by his side, but not visibly raised. and a split second later, six shots are fired, killing the 23-year-old. officials say the deputy reacted in self-defense after he...
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see you so i mean from roger fortson's family to his attorneys. i mean, this is upsetting for many reasons. how do you use you see this well, another example, when you don't have any accountability metrics for police officers to de-escalate scenarios. >> but in this case the question is, what crime was committed, what client was allegedly committed? there was no prime he simply was seeking to answer the door of a police, not and at some point, we must as as a society determined the type of nation we will like to be as opposed to what's taking place and 2023, we had a ten year high up these involve shootings of individuals significant number of those individuals are african-america ns and a large number of those individuals or an arm. >> when will we stop this madness and address this public policy fiasco where we allow in law enforcement officers just to kill people and never be held accountable. this bodycam footage reveals the the deputy knocked on the door at this fort walton beach apartment that a neighbor or as we saw, nick valencia is piece
see you so i mean from roger fortson's family to his attorneys. i mean, this is upsetting for many reasons. how do you use you see this well, another example, when you don't have any accountability metrics for police officers to de-escalate scenarios. >> but in this case the question is, what crime was committed, what client was allegedly committed? there was no prime he simply was seeking to answer the door of a police, not and at some point, we must as as a society determined the type...
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was my third sign well, we come from you don't end up what roger end up adding to their pain. >> fortson's family believes deputies went to the wrong address, a claim that the sheriff disputed while defending his deputies act ben crump, natalie jackson and brian bar represent the family they say the initial police statement was misleading and left-out key details of the shooting. >> it makes you think this happened outside? that this kid was in the middle of a disturbance and he did something. he instigated this. and lost his life. that's what it makes it sound like. it sounded like justified. >> we are aware of a press release and other comments that falsely state our deputy entered the wrong apartment and imply that they burst through the door into mr. fortson's residents during the shooting, the ehrmann was on a facetime call with his girlfriend who crump says told him there was never a disturbance at fortson's home. crumb says fortson had been home alone just 30 minutes before the deputy arrived he heard two knocks at the door, and when he couldn't see anyone and through the peephole c
was my third sign well, we come from you don't end up what roger end up adding to their pain. >> fortson's family believes deputies went to the wrong address, a claim that the sheriff disputed while defending his deputies act ben crump, natalie jackson and brian bar represent the family they say the initial police statement was misleading and left-out key details of the shooting. >> it makes you think this happened outside? that this kid was in the middle of a disturbance and he did...
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fortson was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy inside his own homes. the okaloosa county sheriff released bodycam video of that fatal shooting and he's disputing the families claimed that his deputy went to the wrong apartment. now, we're going to warn you, here that some of what you're about to see is disturbing. cnn's nick valencia has the story newly obtained police dispatch audio reveals the first call came in around 4:00 p.m. on may 3rd, about a physical disturbance in progress male and female around 4:29 p.m. the four minute police body camera video begins with an okaloosa county, florida sheriff's deputy arriving on the scene frequently. okay. >> this doesn't like it was getting a woman at the complex tells the deputy she heard yells and a slap coming from the apartment two weeks ago, but wasn't sure exactly where it came from eventually, she directs the deputy to fourth floor apartment 1401, the home of 23-year-old senior airman, roger fortson, saying the girl who made the call about the physical disturbance sounded scared at 4:30 1pm, the depu
fortson was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy inside his own homes. the okaloosa county sheriff released bodycam video of that fatal shooting and he's disputing the families claimed that his deputy went to the wrong apartment. now, we're going to warn you, here that some of what you're about to see is disturbing. cnn's nick valencia has the story newly obtained police dispatch audio reveals the first call came in around 4:00 p.m. on may 3rd, about a physical disturbance in progress male and...
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fortson deputies were responding to a call of a disturbance in progress. >> the forced him was on a video call with his girlfriend when deputies arrived, the family released video from that call after okaloosa county sheriff to released body camera video during a news conference, we've obtained more visual and audio helping us lay out a timeline of what happened here cnn's nick valencia walks us through it newly obtained police dispatch audio reveals the first call came in around 4:00 p.m. on may 3rd, about a physical disturbance in progress rather than a male and female around 4:29 p.m. the four minute police body camera video begins with an okaloosa county, florida sheriff's deputy arriving on the scene okay like a woman at the complex tells the deputy she heard yells and a slap coming from the apartment two weeks ago, but wasn't sure exactly where it came from eventually, she directs the deputy to fourth floor apartment 1401, the home of 23-year-old senior airman, roger fortson, saying the girl who made the call about the physical disturbance sounded scared at 4:31 p.m. the deput
fortson deputies were responding to a call of a disturbance in progress. >> the forced him was on a video call with his girlfriend when deputies arrived, the family released video from that call after okaloosa county sheriff to released body camera video during a news conference, we've obtained more visual and audio helping us lay out a timeline of what happened here cnn's nick valencia walks us through it newly obtained police dispatch audio reveals the first call came in around 4:00...
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fortson last week by a florida sheriff's deputy. this comes after a release of video from a police body camera, as well as a facetime call involving fortson's girlfriend. the moment of the shooting, seen as nick valencia report sports newly obtained police dispatch audio reveals the first call came in around 4:00 p.m. on may 3rd, about a physical disturbance in progress male and female information i, believe around 4:29 p.m. the four minute police body camera video begins with an okaloosa county, florida sheriff's deputy arriving on the scene frequently. okay this time it sounded like it was getting out. a woman at the complex tells the deputy she heard yells and a slap coming from the apartment two weeks ago, but wasn't sure exactly where it came from eventually, she directs the deputy to fourth floor apartment 1401 the home of 23-year-old senior airman, roger fortson, saying the girl who made the call about the physical disturbance sounded scared at 4:30 1pm, the deputy knocks once without introducing himself roughly 30 seconds la
fortson last week by a florida sheriff's deputy. this comes after a release of video from a police body camera, as well as a facetime call involving fortson's girlfriend. the moment of the shooting, seen as nick valencia report sports newly obtained police dispatch audio reveals the first call came in around 4:00 p.m. on may 3rd, about a physical disturbance in progress male and female information i, believe around 4:29 p.m. the four minute police body camera video begins with an okaloosa...
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attorney ben crump says senior airman roger fortson was in his off-base apartment in fort walton beach when someone knocked on the door and didn't announce themselves. he says fortson retrieved his gun, and that's when deputies burst through the door, saw he was armed and shot him six times. fortson died at the hospital. the deputy involved in the shooting was placed on leave pending an investigation. >>> the "los angeles times" says shohei ohtani's former interpreter has agreed to plead guilty to stealing $17 million. ippei mizuhara admitted to stealing the cash from the japanese baseball star to cover gambling debts that he allegedly owed a california bookmaker. he was ordered to pay $17 million in restitution to ohtani. he also must pay more than $1 million fine to the irs for filing a false tax return. mizuhara faces up to 33 years in federal prison. >>> and "usa today" reports police have apprehended a person following a break-in at drake's toronto home. police were called to the rapper's home yesterday afternoon because someone had tried to gain access to the property. this incid
attorney ben crump says senior airman roger fortson was in his off-base apartment in fort walton beach when someone knocked on the door and didn't announce themselves. he says fortson retrieved his gun, and that's when deputies burst through the door, saw he was armed and shot him six times. fortson died at the hospital. the deputy involved in the shooting was placed on leave pending an investigation. >>> the "los angeles times" says shohei ohtani's former interpreter has...
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fortson. o say to fortson's family and more broadly to blackvi members if it matters whether they serve no matter what they do, they' still law enforcement that see them as a threat? >> thanks. regarding the death of iran's president in the very unfortunate crash, we continue to monitor the situation, but we don't have any insights into the cause of the accident at this point. and certainly, i know the iranians are investigating or will investigate and so we'll see their investigation is in terms of our force posture, don't have any announcements to coinue to watch and i don't necessarily see any ber regional security impacts at this point in time, tara. >> and was there any indication that there was anything other than an accident about this copter down? >> i can't speculate on what may have been the cause of the accident, tara. but you know, again, think we'll learn more once the iranians have investigated. >> let me first of l, pass on my sincerely fortson family and for every serviceman we
fortson. o say to fortson's family and more broadly to blackvi members if it matters whether they serve no matter what they do, they' still law enforcement that see them as a threat? >> thanks. regarding the death of iran's president in the very unfortunate crash, we continue to monitor the situation, but we don't have any insights into the cause of the accident at this point. and certainly, i know the iranians are investigating or will investigate and so we'll see their investigation is...
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ben crump accuses the sheriff's deputies who killed roger fortson of entering the wrong apartment in fort walton beach. he was face timing with a woman who says there was loud knocking on his door, according to crump. he saw no one there and went to arm himself. that's when the door was broken in, and he was shot. an independent investigation is under way. >>> now to an update to a story that rocked the mlb. federal prosecutors say the former translator for baseball super star shohei otani has agreed to plead guilty to bank and tax fraud charges. he faces charges for funneling $17 million from the dodger star's account to pay for illegal sports bets. he's also said to have falsified tax statements. he faces more than 30 years in prison. >>> all right, you got big plans for mother's day? let's get back to angie lassman for an early look at your weekend forecast. i was hoping for a picnic outside in the park. i don't know if i'm going to get that, right? >> you might have to take a flight, frances, or maybe a long drive. i'll get to that forecast for mother's day in a moment, because t
ben crump accuses the sheriff's deputies who killed roger fortson of entering the wrong apartment in fort walton beach. he was face timing with a woman who says there was loud knocking on his door, according to crump. he saw no one there and went to arm himself. that's when the door was broken in, and he was shot. an independent investigation is under way. >>> now to an update to a story that rocked the mlb. federal prosecutors say the former translator for baseball super star shohei...
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then for chairman brown, i wanted to ask you about senior airman roger fortson. what would you like to say to his family, and more broadly, what would you like to say to broad service members who areine they serve? my do, there's still law enforcement that sees them as a threat. sec. austin: thanks. regarding the death of iran's president in the unfortunate helicopter crash, we continue to monitor the situation, bute don't have any insights into ths point. certainly i know the iranians are or will investigate, and so we'll see what the outcos investigation is complete. in terms of our force posture, don't have any announcements to make, and again, this is something that we'll continue to watch, and up don't necessarily see any -- i don't necessarily see a point in time.poer: there's no indican there was anything other than an accident that brought this helicopter down? sec. austin: i can't speculate on what may have been the cause of the accident, but again, i think the iranians have investigated. gen. brown: let me first of all pass my sincere condolences to his
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there is nothing the jazz that roger fortson was in a domestic dispute with anybody. and now this innocent drinks, gets us airman, this gift to his family is dated this is an active duty person as well as secretary of defense, lloyd austin saying through a spokesperson, tonight that he is quote, closely watching the reports of ehrmann for it since fatal shooting. >> and i do wonder what we might see from the military's response. i've what has happened to one of their own way 23 year-old active duty airman, described by his mother as a beloved gift. ben crump. thank you so much. >> thank you. laura god bless you thank you to you as well. >> and i want to thank you all for watching. >> our coverage continues trump. >> hush money. trial gavel to gavel coverage. the way only cnn can bring it to you legal. insight, expert analysis, and real-time updates live from the courtroom follow the facts, follow the testimony, follows cnn millions of people have lost weight with personalized plans from noon, like britney, who lost 20 pounds, i felt so supported by new it became acre
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fortson's apartment door, responding to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance. the video is partially blurred. the deputy appears to step to the side and knocks three times. seconds later, fortson opens the door holding a handgun at his side that was legally owned according to his family. the deputy orders him to step back and then fires. [ sound of gunfire ] okaloosa county sheriff eric aidan says his department released the video to be transparent. >> i want to assure you that we're not hiding, covering up, or taking action that would result in a rush to judgment of mr. fortson or our deputy. >> reporter: fortson's mother, meka, says her son was facetiming with his girlfriend during the shooting. a portion of that facetime video, which appears to be after the shooting, was released by the family's attorney. law enforcement can be heard talking about fortson's injuries. the subtitles were added by cbs news. >> yeah, he's shot up. >> they just said, oh, yeah, he's shot up. he's shot up. my baby was shot up. >> reporter: fortson's family claims the deputy had no
fortson's apartment door, responding to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance. the video is partially blurred. the deputy appears to step to the side and knocks three times. seconds later, fortson opens the door holding a handgun at his side that was legally owned according to his family. the deputy orders him to step back and then fires. [ sound of gunfire ] okaloosa county sheriff eric aidan says his department released the video to be transparent. >> i want to assure you that we're...
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fortson. he was in his apartment last week when his family says that he are too loud, knock on the door. it was a sheriff's deputy responding after they got a call for a disturbance in progress, according to the police, police say that they responded to the correct address, a claim that i should note, fortson's family rejects facing mounting pressure from his loved ones over his death. a florida sheriff, for least the body camera footage. i do want to warn you that what you're about to see is disturbing but it's important let's open the door sheriff's office, open the door trump three, 12 shots fired suspect there fortson's family says that he was facetiming with his girlfriend when he opened that door, when he was shot, that video was first shared with cnn and i want to warn you that this this other angle from the facetime recording is also disturbing, but we want to show it to you tonight. >> for you the deputy who shot fortson has been placed under administrative leave as florida officials
fortson. he was in his apartment last week when his family says that he are too loud, knock on the door. it was a sheriff's deputy responding after they got a call for a disturbance in progress, according to the police, police say that they responded to the correct address, a claim that i should note, fortson's family rejects facing mounting pressure from his loved ones over his death. a florida sheriff, for least the body camera footage. i do want to warn you that what you're about to see is...
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airman roger fortson in his own home. you see the tragic moment unfold in this body camera footage. the officer announces his presence at fortson's apartment after receiving a report of a disturbance. >> sheriff's office. open the door. >> reporter: fortson appears and is shot almost instantaneously. look closely. you see the door open and there appears to be a gun in fortson's right hand. but it's pointing downward, never aimed at the officer, who immediately fires off six rounds, striking fortson in the chest and the arm. >> multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. black male. >> reporter: fortson later died at the hospital. >> he shot him. my baby was shot up. >> reporter: his family claiming authorities had the wrong apartment. >> we know there were no disturbances. he was on the phone with his girlfriend. >> reporter: tonight, fortson's girlfriend releasing video recorded from their facetime of what she says are his final moments. >> i can't breathe. >> do not move. stop moving. >> reporter: but authorities claim the officer was at the right apartment. >> i want to assure you that
airman roger fortson in his own home. you see the tragic moment unfold in this body camera footage. the officer announces his presence at fortson's apartment after receiving a report of a disturbance. >> sheriff's office. open the door. >> reporter: fortson appears and is shot almost instantaneously. look closely. you see the door open and there appears to be a gun in fortson's right hand. but it's pointing downward, never aimed at the officer, who immediately fires off six rounds,...
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fortson's apartment door, responding to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance. the video is partially blurred. the deputy appears to step to the side and knock. seconds later, fortson opens the door holding a handgun at his side that was legally owned, according to his family. the deputy orders him to step back and then fires. [gunshots] okaloosa county sheriff eric aden says his department released the video to be transparent. >> i want to assure you that we are not hiding, covering up, or taking action that would result in a rush to judgment of mr. fortson or our deputy. >> reporter: fortson's mother, mika, says here son was facetiming with his girlfriend during the shooting. a portion of that facetime video, which appears to be after the shooting, was released by the family's attorney. law enforcement can be heard talking about fortson's injuries. the subtitles were added by cbs news. >> yeah, he's shot. six gunshot wounds. >> they just said, oh, yeah, he shot him. he shot him. our baby was shot. >> reporter: fortson's family claims the deputy had no reason t
fortson's apartment door, responding to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance. the video is partially blurred. the deputy appears to step to the side and knock. seconds later, fortson opens the door holding a handgun at his side that was legally owned, according to his family. the deputy orders him to step back and then fires. [gunshots] okaloosa county sheriff eric aden says his department released the video to be transparent. >> i want to assure you that we are not hiding, covering...
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fortson was taken to a hospital where he died. his family allege the police burst into the wrong home. the police say the deputy reacted in self—defence after he saw fortson armed with a gun. further disruption is expected this weekend, with drivers being warned only to use the m25 in surrey " if absolutely necessary". the motorway will be shut between junctions nine and ten, from 9pm this evening, to 6am on monday morning. the closure will allow for ongoing improvements to the motorway. prince william has said princess kate is doing well, after he was asked about her health during a visit to a hospital in the isles of scilly. the prince also spoke to a patient and cut the first sod at the site of the new health and social care facility being built on duchy land next to the community hospital. the israeli singer, eden golan, has made it through to tomorrow's final of the eurovision song contest, defying pro—palestinian demonstrators. there was some booing as she performed in the malmo arena in sweden, and a protest was held ou
fortson was taken to a hospital where he died. his family allege the police burst into the wrong home. the police say the deputy reacted in self—defence after he saw fortson armed with a gun. further disruption is expected this weekend, with drivers being warned only to use the m25 in surrey " if absolutely necessary". the motorway will be shut between junctions nine and ten, from 9pm this evening, to 6am on monday morning. the closure will allow for ongoing improvements to the...
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senator, aaron roger fortson, who a shot and killed earlier this month in florida, by deputy sheriff, who mistakenly showed up at his apartment, opened the door with a licensed firearm pointed downward, according to the family's attorney. was shot several times, the deputy then called medical assistance, second amendment protections don't appear to have protective gun owners when they were licensed to carry. doesn't matter if you're black, i will add to that, the killing of tyson in canton, ohio. i just did the eulogy the week before last. knee on his back, and he is killed. and he had no weapon. so like george floyd, there is the question of disproportionate response, whether it is six quick bullet or nine minutes of being choked , a knee on somebody's back, what are your thoughts? >> the struggle continues, and it is really interesting, when you see the statistics that show that the number of police killings remain unabated, that disproportionately black people are continuing to be killed at the hands of the police and higher rates than white americans and it shows that there is a l
senator, aaron roger fortson, who a shot and killed earlier this month in florida, by deputy sheriff, who mistakenly showed up at his apartment, opened the door with a licensed firearm pointed downward, according to the family's attorney. was shot several times, the deputy then called medical assistance, second amendment protections don't appear to have protective gun owners when they were licensed to carry. doesn't matter if you're black, i will add to that, the killing of tyson in canton,...
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that's where relatives say senior airman, roger fortson was alone, face timing with his girlfriend. >> sheriff's office, open the door. >> reporter: after the deputy identifies himself twice, fortson opens up the door with a gun visible by his side but not raised. a split second later. >> step out. >> six shots are fired, and the 23-year-old's life is over. >> at any point did the okaloosa county sheriff's department say we went to the wrong department. >> the okaloosa sheriff's department has not owned up to the fact that they went to the wrong apartment as if he did something wrong. as if he was committing some crime. he did nothing. >> reporter: we spoke to fortson's mother mika, and her lawyer, civil rights attorney, benjamin crump shortly before the video was released. >> there's a lot of doubt in my mind. roger was the only person in his apartment. they say they was answering to a disturbance, was he fighting himself? >> reporter: the family's attorney says fortson's gun was a legally registered firearm, and the sheriff's department doubling down that they were in the right plac
that's where relatives say senior airman, roger fortson was alone, face timing with his girlfriend. >> sheriff's office, open the door. >> reporter: after the deputy identifies himself twice, fortson opens up the door with a gun visible by his side but not raised. a split second later. >> step out. >> six shots are fired, and the 23-year-old's life is over. >> at any point did the okaloosa county sheriff's department say we went to the wrong department. >>...
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. >> for 23 year-old roger fortson, but attorneys for his family say he was home alone playing video games and face timing with his girlfriend. family members claim the forts and lightly likely could not see or hear the deputy outside of his door and was within his rights to answer it with a gun in his hand. i walked through the door. >> i say a black folder with the pain. and i see 3 men in force uniforms. that's when a new much i was the. >> fortson was an active duty airmen with the 4th special operations squadron. the pentagon says defense secretary lloyd austin is closely following the reports of the shooting. the deputy is on paid administrative leave. for your health this afternoon. the alameda county health department facing a shortage of restaurant health inspectors and that's hurting workers at some fast food restaurants. this discovery coming after we reported about that rat infestation at mcdonald's in oakland where the health department ended up having to shut down kron four's less. the good explains. >> some fast food workers over the last few weeks have been striking c
. >> for 23 year-old roger fortson, but attorneys for his family say he was home alone playing video games and face timing with his girlfriend. family members claim the forts and lightly likely could not see or hear the deputy outside of his door and was within his rights to answer it with a gun in his hand. i walked through the door. >> i say a black folder with the pain. and i see 3 men in force uniforms. that's when a new much i was the. >> fortson was an active duty airmen...
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fortson. but attorneys for his family say that he was home alone playing video games and face timing with his girlfriend and family members claim that fortson likely could not see or hear the deputy outside of his door and was within his rights to answer it with a gun in his hands. >> i say a black folder with the pain. and i see 3 men in force uniforms. that's when a new much i was the. >> fortson was an active duty airmen with the 4th special operations squadron. the pentagon says the defense secretary lloyd austin, is closely following reports of the shooting. the deputy is on paid administrative leave. governor gavin newsom unveiled his updated state budget today. it's coming with a projected multi-billion dollar deficit and he knows there will be some very difficult decisions that will have to made in order to close the gap. our capitol correspondent eytan wallace has details and how the governor plans to balance the budget. >> well, here it is. all 45 pages. the governor provided for his
fortson. but attorneys for his family say that he was home alone playing video games and face timing with his girlfriend and family members claim that fortson likely could not see or hear the deputy outside of his door and was within his rights to answer it with a gun in his hands. >> i say a black folder with the pain. and i see 3 men in force uniforms. that's when a new much i was the. >> fortson was an active duty airmen with the 4th special operations squadron. the pentagon says...
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fortson. he's promised to launch national raids to round up 15 million migrants, place them in internment camps and mass deport them. and he plans on using the national guard to police democratic cities and use force to put down protests and restore, quote/unquote, law and order. in 2020, he told mark esper he wanted the military to shoot protesters in washington, d.c. during the protests over george floyd's murder. and republicans are already enforcing his vision. last week, texas governor greg abbott granted a full pardon and restoration of rights to daniel perry who was working as a rideshare driver in downtown austin on july 25th, 2020, when he shot and killed 28-year-old garrett foster, an air force veteran who was participating in a george floyd protest. daniel perry is an open racist who posted things on facebook like, it is official, i am a racist, because i do not agree with people acting like animals at the zoo. and, i might go to dallas and shoot looters. that was before he went to
fortson. he's promised to launch national raids to round up 15 million migrants, place them in internment camps and mass deport them. and he plans on using the national guard to police democratic cities and use force to put down protests and restore, quote/unquote, law and order. in 2020, he told mark esper he wanted the military to shoot protesters in washington, d.c. during the protests over george floyd's murder. and republicans are already enforcing his vision. last week, texas governor...
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the family of airman roger fortson says he was home when the sheriff's county department was called when they were called about a disturbance at his apartment complex. the video showed unidentified woman directing the deputy to fortson's apartment where she says she believed the disturbance was taking place. the deputy banged on the door and announced himself before fortson answered holding a gunpointing it down. we do want to warn you, this video may be disturbing. [ knocking ] >> sheriff's office. open the door. step out. [ gunfire ] drop the gun! drop the gun! >> it's over there. >> drop the gun! >> i don't have it. >> 312 shots fired. suspect down. >> fortson later died at the hospital. his family insists the deputy had the wrong apartment. the sheriff's department says they were at the right place but are investigating. nbc news correspondent guad venegas is following this story for us. my apologies, guad. i thought we had a sound bite to get to. better to have you break this down for us. a lot in this video. a lot of accusations coming from the family. what more have we learned fro
the family of airman roger fortson says he was home when the sheriff's county department was called when they were called about a disturbance at his apartment complex. the video showed unidentified woman directing the deputy to fortson's apartment where she says she believed the disturbance was taking place. the deputy banged on the door and announced himself before fortson answered holding a gunpointing it down. we do want to warn you, this video may be disturbing. [ knocking ] >>...
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fortson. >> his family says police went to the wrong apartment officials, though, deny that. the family says the details that the police are giving, just don't add up i need you guys to tell the truth about my son i need you to get his reputation right? >> yes. >> if you have a heart, if you have a niece or nephew ending person in your life, tell the truth about my son the families legal team also released their own video, which was from the facetime call between fortson and his girlfriend, which captures the aftermath of the shooting. >> cnn's nick valencia is in atlanta now, nick talk to us a little bit about how this unfolded, and i think really in a way, there's a question of whether both sides it's maybe correct here in that the police may have gone to the apartment that some sort of apartment manager told them to go to. but was that really the apartment they should have been going to in terms of where a disturbance was. >> well, we just listened to the dispatch audio and it's very clear
fortson. >> his family says police went to the wrong apartment officials, though, deny that. the family says the details that the police are giving, just don't add up i need you guys to tell the truth about my son i need you to get his reputation right? >> yes. >> if you have a heart, if you have a niece or nephew ending person in your life, tell the truth about my son the families legal team also released their own video, which was from the facetime call between fortson and...
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roger forced and maintaining they went to the correct department, but fortson's family says the details did not add up i need you guys to tell the truth about my son i need you to get his reputation right? yes if you have a hard if you have a niece or nephew any young person in your life. >> tell the truth about my son so the families legal team released their own video from the facetime call between four senate, his girlfriend, which caught the aftermath of the shooting. >> cnn's nick valencia, following this story for us, nick, what are you learning? >> john social justice activists are enraged by saying this is yet another example of police putting out a false narrative about what really happened. in fact, yesterday during a press conference, ben crump said, the initial statement from the okaloosa sheriff's department made it seem as though this incident happened outside and that the deputy fired because he feared for his life there is a claim though that is being disputed, that crump made during that presser and he said that he believed that the deputies went to the wrong address wh
roger forced and maintaining they went to the correct department, but fortson's family says the details did not add up i need you guys to tell the truth about my son i need you to get his reputation right? yes if you have a hard if you have a niece or nephew any young person in your life. >> tell the truth about my son so the families legal team released their own video from the facetime call between four senate, his girlfriend, which caught the aftermath of the shooting. >> cnn's...
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fortson last week while investigating a domestic disturbance call a warning. >> what you are about to see is really disturbing. this is newly released bodycycam footag but you're going to see in a bit here showing what happened in the moments leading up to the shooting the door and that is when the gun fires, shooting an eventually killing him. police say the footage confirms their account of what happened, but acknowledged it came to a very tragic ending. >> this result is one we'd never hope to encounter. and i'm also thinking about our team here and the deputy involved in the tragic event i've asked the florida department of law enforcement to handle the criminal investigation. that is required under these circumstances for its his family maintains police, went to the wrong apartment. he was on the phone with his girlfriend at the time joining us now, a cnn senior law enforcement analysts, charles ramsey. when you look at this video do because you know, you have been through these trainings that while they're officers have been through these trainings, when you are in command, what
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fortson. and disputing the families claim that deputies were at the wrong apartment an investigation is ongoing new this morning, the names of confederate leaders, including robert e lee and stonewall jackson, will be added back to two virginia schools. this after the shenandoah county school board voted five to one to reverse a 2020 decision that removed those names new this morning, a health survey finds one in eight american adults have taken prescription weight loss drugs used to treat diabetes or heart disease. the drugs include ozempic, wegovy, mounjaro, and zepbound and right now, president biden is not on the november ballot in ohio. it's because he won't officially be nominated until after the state's filing deadline. lawmakers had until yesterday to pass a new law to fix the issue but the effort failed and independent presidential candidate robert f. >> kennedy jr. in a recent podcast interview, apparently changed his stance on abortion, rfk now saying the government should not play
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. >> you're covering as well today was a funeral for us airman roger fortson. he was shot and killed while alone in his miami apartment shop. sheriff's deputy, who said he was responding to a disturbance call in that apartment complex. you've been following this case closely. you have some new reporting about the law enforcement response to the apartment complex where he was killed. tell us about it well, when i first saw the video, the bodycam footage i looked at it over and over again and it's clear that from the very get-go, the deputy arrived at that complex was told a confusing message about exactly what kind of a domestic disturbance he was responding to the person the woman who complains that she at least twice she wasn't sure where it was coming from and so that made me think if there were all these domestic disturbances at this complex if it wasn't in his apartment, which is what his family and his lawyers are saying. >> they're saying that deputy went to the wrong apartment where it wasn't coming from. >> so we got records of the police calls to that
. >> you're covering as well today was a funeral for us airman roger fortson. he was shot and killed while alone in his miami apartment shop. sheriff's deputy, who said he was responding to a disturbance call in that apartment complex. you've been following this case closely. you have some new reporting about the law enforcement response to the apartment complex where he was killed. tell us about it well, when i first saw the video, the bodycam footage i looked at it over and over again...
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roger fortson was shot by police in the complex behind me. this morning we still don't know what the disturbance was they were responding to or who even called it in. new body camera footage does show a deputy identify himself opening up the door. the next few moments after that are under immense scrutiny. when a deputy pulled into this florida apartment complex, it took about three minutes for him to enter an office. >> what's going on? >> i'm not sure. >> reporter: and connect with an unidentified woman about an alleged disturbance. >> are they fighting or something? >> reporter: she eventually took him to the unit 1401 where she believes the fighting originated. that's where this senior airman was alone, face-timing with his girlfriend. >> sheriff's office. open the door! >> reporter: after the deputy identifies himself twice, fortson opens up the door with a gun visible by his side but not raised. a split second later -- >> step out. >> reporter: 6 shots are fired, and the 23-year-old's life is over. not owned at any point did the sheriff
roger fortson was shot by police in the complex behind me. this morning we still don't know what the disturbance was they were responding to or who even called it in. new body camera footage does show a deputy identify himself opening up the door. the next few moments after that are under immense scrutiny. when a deputy pulled into this florida apartment complex, it took about three minutes for him to enter an office. >> what's going on? >> i'm not sure. >> reporter: and...
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from a policeman who fatally shot a black american airman in his own home. 23 year old senior airman roger fortson answered the door, holding a weapon by his side as the police officer attended a reported disturbance. the deputy who shot him has since been placed on administrative leave. >> a nine year old tony hudgell has been re—invited to buckingham palace after missing the garden party on wednesday because a traffic. the double amputee has raised more than 2 million for charity, having spent much of his life getting specialists and life saving treatment . yes, we all got stuck treatment. yes, we all got stuck in traffic, didn't they? i know, and they tweeted about it. yeah, and they tweeted about it. yeah, and then the palace responded and then the palace responded and said, you can come next yeah >> dont yeah >> don't worry tony, but i was reading about him today and he just said all i wanted to do was see the king and see if he was okay. oh, how sweet is that? he said, i heard that he's been having treatment. i just wanted to check the king was okay. oh, so he just sounds like the
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then you have the fortson family that said roger couldn't see anyone through the peep hole and the officer did not tell him to drop his legally owned weapon before firing. why do we have different stories? >> you are always going to have this in circumstances. one of the best things sheriffs and police departments can do is say nothing. say nothing in the sense that they need an outside investigating to be done. anything that they do say, such as this in this case that they are in against of this officer. there is a lot to be concerned about in this video here. i think an investigation will reveal it all. but let's talk about what we do see here, alex. when this young man opens the door, his weapon is down to his side. as soon as he opened that door, that officer is firing a barrage of rounds that put him down. at some point, he should have told him drop the weapon, drop the weapon. not after you shoot him but prior. we are trained that way. it was not pointed at him at a 45-degree angle. of course we know that is a dangerous situation. let me be clear about saying that. at the same time,
then you have the fortson family that said roger couldn't see anyone through the peep hole and the officer did not tell him to drop his legally owned weapon before firing. why do we have different stories? >> you are always going to have this in circumstances. one of the best things sheriffs and police departments can do is say nothing. say nothing in the sense that they need an outside investigating to be done. anything that they do say, such as this in this case that they are in against...
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but within seconds, that deputy shot fortson six times. the military says the 23 year old was a proven combat veteran and a, quote, incredible teammate. his mother describes him as the backbone of their family. >> he shot up our baby. we shot up. >> the deputy is on administrative leave while the shooting is investigated. the family's lawyer claims the deputy responded to the wrong apartment, but authorities dispute that claim. >> a man from maine, who police say carried out a terrorist attack with a machete in new york, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. they say he targeted three police officers near times square on new year's eve in 2022, to quote, wage jihad. the officers survived. >> cruz will head into the mountains near salt lake city today, hoping to recover two skiers who were killed by an avalanche. a third skier was brought to safety yesterday after digging himself out of the snow. the area got nearly three feet of snow this week. stargazers are getting ready for a big treat. the northern lights might be seen as far south
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the sheriff's office says the video shows the deputy knocking on roger faustin's front door, announcing the sheriff's department was there not once, but twice. deputies shot and killed the 23 year old after fortson opened the door, and they saw what he was holding a gun in his right hand, but his arm remained down. fersen's family accused deputies of mistakenly entering his apartment while responding to a disturbance call. but the sheriff today disputing that claim. the family's attorney says fortson was a licensed gun owner. i know my son did not do anything to you guys. >> if he scared you or if you guys wasn't trained properly, i apologize, but please clean my baby reputation. >> the sheriff says there's been no determination as to whether the deputy's actions were justified or not. the investigation continues. >> coming up, an emotional day in the east bay where law enforcement officials honored fallen oakland police officer twan lay, plus. >> shots fired during a rowing competition on the sacramento river. the bay area athletes and parents who witnessed the terrifying incident. >>
the sheriff's office says the video shows the deputy knocking on roger faustin's front door, announcing the sheriff's department was there not once, but twice. deputies shot and killed the 23 year old after fortson opened the door, and they saw what he was holding a gun in his right hand, but his arm remained down. fersen's family accused deputies of mistakenly entering his apartment while responding to a disturbance call. but the sheriff today disputing that claim. the family's attorney says...