Officer Kiran Kimbrough used a stun gun on 62-year-old Johnny Hollman Sr., leading to the man’s death.
Attorney Mawuli Davis, right, speaks to reporters on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, outside the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta, while flanked by relatives of Johnny Holman Sr.ATLANTA — Atlanta’s police chief on Tuesday fired an officer who shocked a 62-year-old Black church deacon with a stun gun during a dispute over a traffic ticket, leading to the man’s death.
Kimbrough had been on administrative leave. Lance LoRusso, a lawyer representing Kimbrough, said he would comment on the case later Tuesday. Hollman became unresponsive while being arrested after a minor car crash. Relatives say Hollman, a church deacon, was driving home from Bible study at his daughter’s house and bringing dinner to his wife when he collided with another vehicle while turning across a busy street just west of downtown Atlanta.
Hollman’s death has contributed to discontent with police among some Atlantans that centers on a proposal to build a largethat Hollman’s death was a homicide, although the medical examiner found that heart disease also contributed to his death.
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