Roger Fortson’s Police Killing And The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office’s History Of Brutality, Recklessness And Crime

Senior Airman Roger Fortson. | Source: U.S. Air Force

A Florida police department is under scrutiny for shooting to death a young Black Air Force officer under questionable circumstances earlier this month. But the killing of Senior Airman Roger Fortson is far from the first time the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has found itself at the center of a scandal involving allegations of reckless violence.

Roger Fortson

Fortson, 23, was gunned down in his own apartment on May...