What we know about the police killing of Black Air Force member Roger Fortson

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8. I'm not optimistic we will see any sort of justice in this case

The county where the Airman was murdered (yes, I'm saying it, he was murdered) is in a deep red part of Floriduh. Even if the independent investigation determines that 1. the shooting was unjustified, 2. qualified immunity does not apply, and 3. charges against the officer are warranted, prosecutors still have to seat a jury in this case. I foresee a scenario where 12 mostly TSF loving jurors are seated and who will be more than willing to accept without consideration of other facts and evidence, the cop's uttering of the 5 Magic Words:

"I feared for my life"

As the truth, and the cop will walk.

IMO, the deputies of Okaloosa County are showing themselves to be a pack of trigger happy gunners who shoot first, praise themselves second, then ask the questions a lot later. None of the media is reporting that this is the VERY SAME county sheriff's office whose deputies recently fired multiple rounds on their own vehicle with a detainee inside after an acorn fell on the vehicle's roof.