Once again: Police cruelly killed someone Black under the guise of their self-governing authority

Since I read about a sheriff’s deputy who, according to civil rights attorney Ben Crump, went to investigate a disturbance at the wrong apartment in Fort Walton Beach in the Panhandle, then shot and killed 23-year-old U.S. Airforce Senior Airman Roger Fortson, I have seethed with anger. That anger is never far from the surface because as a Black man in America, every police murder, killing, assault or brutality towards any Black person reminds me that African Americans are generally seen by law enforcement as enemies of the state. And so once again, in yet another sickening and infuriating case of murder, excessive use of force, power and control, the police have cruelly killed someone Black under the guise of their self-governing authority. Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden disputes Crump’s assertion that the deputy had arrived at the correct apartment but with Fortson alone in his apartment, according to Crump, what would have been the cause for the disturbance, described as an argument? To his credit, Aden, while offering his condolences, said the family had his word that if the shooting is found to be unjustified their son’s name will be fully vindicated and justice will be served. Civil rights...