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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sudhin Thanawala and Terry Spencer

Mother of airman killed by Florida deputy says his firing, alone, won't cut it

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The mother of an Air Force airman who was fatally shot in the doorway to his home by a Florida sheriff's deputy said Monday that the deputy's firing was not justice for her son's killing.

Chantemekki Fortson spoke at a news conference in Atlanta accompanied by her attorney, Ben Crump, who said the firing of Okaloosa County Deputy Eddie Duran was a “step forward,” but that Duran should also be charged in Senior Airman Roger Fortson's killing.

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