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senior airman

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noun

U.S. Air Force.
  1. a noncommissioned officer ranking between a staff sergeant and airman first class. SrA


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Chantemekki Fortson, the senior airman's mother, said at a news conference after the charges were announced on Friday that she hopes "this brings about change and it teaches others that you can’t just kill people".

From BBC

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.

From Seattle Times

Air Force senior airman in the airman’s home this month has been fired, the sheriff’s office said on Friday, describing the deputy’s use of deadly force, which was captured on body camera, as “not objectively reasonable.”

From New York Times

Elsewhere, the incident drew reaction from an Atlanta-area pastor who hosted a funeral for Roger Fortson, a young Black senior airman who was shot by a Florida Sheriff’s deputy at his home this month.

From Seattle Times

The concept resurfaced again last week following the killing of Senior Airman Roger Fortson in Florida, but the dynamics were different.

From Seattle Times