Roger Fortson's Mother Says Former Florida Deputy's Manslaughter Trial Has Been Delayed 17 Times

More than two years after U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson was fatally shot inside his Florida apartment, his family is STILL waiting for the former sheriff's deputy charged in the killing to stand trial. Source: Hurlburt Field/Facebook According to the Atlanta Black Star, former Okaloosa County Sheriff's Deputy Eddie Duran is scheduled to stand trial on Sept. 28 on a manslaughter charge after at least 17 delays since prosecutors filed charges against him in August 2024. Fortson's mother, Chantemekki "Meka" Fortson, said the repeated postponements have only compounded her . . .