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Johnny
Hollman
was
62-years-old
on
August
10,
2023
when
he
was
killed
during
a
traffic
stop
interaction
with
former
Atlanta
police
officer
Kiran
Kimbrough.
Kimbrough
attempted
to
arrest
Hollman
for
not
signing
a
traffic
citation,
unnecessarily
deployed
his
taser,
and
ultimately
sent
the
Lively
Stones
of
God
Ministries
Church
of
Atlanta
deacon
into
fatal
cardiac
dysrhythmia.
BOSSIP
previously
reported
that
Kimbrough
was
fired,
not
for
killing
Hollman,
but
rather,
for
not
calling
a
supervisor
to
the
scene
prior
to
attempting
the
arrest.
According
to
new
reporting
Atlanta’s
11Alive,
Hollman’s
family
plans
to
file
a
lawsuit
against
both
The
City
of
Atlanta
and
Kiran
Kimbrough
on
the
basis
of
excessive
force
and
the
civil
rights
violations
of
the
first,
fourth,
and
fourteenth
amendments.
In
a
statement,
Attorney
Mawuli
Davis
said,
“The
family
is
now
prepared
to
endure
the
next
several
years
of
federal
litigation
in
their
quest
for
justice.
It’s
a
sad
day
for
a
city
Deacon
Hollman’s
family
has
loved
unconditionally.”
The
lawsuit
is
based
on
six
counts
that
detail
the
numerous
violations
and
malpractices
that
Kimbrough
committed
and
that
city
of
Atlanta
protocol
endorsed.
In
response
to
the
lawsuit,
The
City
of
Atlanta
says
that
upon
hearing
of
Hollman’s
death,
Mayor
Andre
Dickens
immediately
revised
the
police
department’s
SOP
(standard
operating
procedure)
and
training
curriculum.
These
include
allowing
an
officer
to
write
“refusal
to
sign”
on
a
citation
rather
than
make
an
arrest,
launching
a
“civilian
response
unit”
to
address
minor
traffic
accidents
and
car
break-ins,
and
revising
the
policy
on
the
release
of
body
camera
video
in
use-of-force
incidents.
That’s
all
well
and
good
but
the
Hollman
family
isn’t
calling
it
even
Stephen.
“A
minor
accident
should
not
cause
someone
a
death
sentence.
It
shouldn’t
be
that
way,”
Hollman’s
daughter,
Anitra
Hollman,
previously
said.
We’ll
have
more
information
about
the
ongoing
lawsuit
as
information
becomes
available.
