On Monday, a grand jury refused to involve a former Atlanta police officer in murder charges. Death of a church decon Who died in a conflict with the officer after a minor car accident.
After hearing the case, the Grand gamblers of Fulton County dismissed criminal allegations against Kiran Kimbro, Jeff Dysentis said, a spokesman of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Johnny Hallman Senior died in August 2023, when he refused to sign a citation after a rubble. Family members said the 62 -year -old Hallman was driving home at his daughter’s house with a Bible study and taking dinner to his wife when he collided with another vehicle turning on a busy road west of the city.
Body camera video Hallman’s arrest suggests that Kimbru repeatedly demanded that Hallman signs the citation, while Hallman insisted that he did nothing wrong. Both people got hurried and Hallman finished the down face on the ground with Kimbru on him, which he pressed down. Holonon repeatedly says, “I can’t breathe,” and Kimbru used a tasar to shock him again and again. The video also features a Tow truck driver who helped Kimbru.
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Hallman became universal and was declared dead in a hospital. One Autopsy Death was a murder, in which heart disease was also a contribution factor.
Lance Lorso, who represents Kimbru, said the prosecutors demanded to motivate their customer to a count of a count, a count of ordinary battery and three counts of violating their office oath. Lorso said that Kimbru testified to the grand jury, as is the right of an officer under the state law.
Lorso said in a statement on Monday, “While Johnny Hallman’s death was sad, Kiran Kimbru did not cause death in any way.” “Johnny Hallman died due to medical complications and his legitimate duties were performed due to his legitimate, illegal resistance of a uniformed officer.”
Dysentis said Wilis is telling the prosecutors and investigators whether to ask a new grand jury to inspire Kimru.
Hallman’s family members have repeatedly called upon the former officer to charge criminally.
In a statement CBS obtained by affiliated WANF-TV On Monday, Hallman’s father said he was destroyed and his father “should still be here”
The family said in a statement, “Failure to justify this officer is another painful reminder of how low value is kept on his life by some citizens – even when the facts are clear and the loss is undisputed. But we will not stop. Our confidence and justice will not be a fight,” the family said in a statement.
The station reported that Attorney Mavuli Davis, who represents the Hallman family, said on Monday is a “day of deep grief – not only for the Hallman family, but for everyone who believes in justice,”.
Davis said, “Despite the video evidence, the unwavering courage of this family, and intensive effort by the Fulton County District Attorney Office, the criminal justice system has once again failed to hold law enforcement responsible for the death of a citizen.” “Decon Johnny Hallman deserved better.”
Atlanta officials fired Kimbro, saying that he should have agreed to Hallman’s request to talk to an observer. A Civil Service Board retained the firing, and the Atlanta City Council agreed to settle a case by Hallman’s family, alleging excessive force for $ 3.8 million. The family also filed a trial against the Tow truck driver and his employer, stating that the driver instigated Hallman’s head and neck for at least 20 seconds and “appeared with” sitting with his entire body weight “on Hallman’s head and neck, while Kimbru handcuffs Hallman.
Atlanta and some other police departments have implemented policies, saying that the authorities should no longer arrest those who refused to sign the quotes. State MPs passed a bill, which would have made such a policy statewide earlier this year, but the village vetoed it by the village Bryan Kemp as he opposed a provision unrelated to collect signature from the nominated people on the quotes.