QasimRashid,
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Sr Airman Roger Fortson was at home when cops entered unannounced & shot him dead 6 times.

The cop claimed he acted in self defense when he saw Fortson holding a firearm—which Fortson legally owned. The cop is on admin leave.

How are you going to illegally break into an innocent man's home unannounced & claim self defense? Horrific injustice.
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/atlanta-airman-killed-by-florida-deputy-lawyer-says-they-went-into-wrong-apartment/5SSTU5VRPRHFDBUCBKWFF4T73Y/

Mary625,
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@QasimRashid

This is just so awful and disgusting. Crime of living Black. That's all he did was be alive.

I hope his family sees justice but I won't hold my breath.

#ACAB
#Fuck12
#AbolishThePolice

gooba42,
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@QasimRashid "How are you going to illegally break into an innocent man's home unannounced & claim self defense?"

If we seriously believed in "Innocent until proven guilty", this is just what cops do. Every home they break into is that of an innocent person, pending trial.

tofugolem,
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@QasimRashid
America is a police state. America is where freedom goes to die.

samiamsam,
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@QasimRashid i'm armed and if someone breaks into my house, yes, i'm going to grab my gun

reportedly they were at the wrong address so this is murder as far as i'm concerned

BobLefridge,
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@QasimRashid

Atlanta TV seems very inward-looking. I get "Error 451" followed by this.

"It appears you are attempting to access this website from a country outside of the United States, therefore access cannot be granted at this time."

US-only? Byeee!

IAmDannyBoling,
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@BobLefridge

I think this is a #MastodonBug. You'll get that error sometimes if you click on the preview link — but not if you click the link in the post itself. This caught me several times (usually involving links to free versions of paywalled news articles) until I learned to default to clicking the link in the post.

@QasimRashid

RaePatterson,
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@QasimRashid

I have a hard time understanding how being killed by the police for having a legally-owned firearm in your own home can be described a having the "right to bear arms."

Oh, sorry, I guess any 16-year-old white boy can wave a firearm around in public as much as he likes, but if a black man picks up a firearm under any circumstances, he should expect to be put down extremely hard. Have I got that right? I'm pretty sure I do.

DanaDee,
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@QasimRashid To be Black in Florida? Terrifying.

darwinwoodka,
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