ATLANTA — On Wednesday, the Atlanta Police Department released bodycam video from the August tasing death of Johnny Hollman, an Atlanta church deacon who had been involved in a traffic accident.
A version released by the Atlanta Police Department, …
ATLANTA — On Wednesday, the Atlanta Police Department released bodycam video from the August tasing death of Johnny Hollman, an Atlanta church deacon who had been involved in a traffic accident.
A version released by the Atlanta Police Department, which contains further edits and inclusions, can be viewed at this link.
What does the video show?
The video comes from the bodycam worn by now-former Officer Kiran Kimbrough on the night he tased Hollman, whose death resulted from an abnormal heart rhythm due to being tased.
Hollman's tasing death followed Kimbrough's response to a traffic accident. The video shows he determined Hollman was at fault, which the church deacon objected to, and he initiated an arrest - leading to the tasing - when Hollman wouldn't sign the traffic ticket.
The video includes the full incident: from Hollman's full interaction with the officer (both before and after the ticket is issued), to the struggle and tasing, the response from other officers once they get on the scene, to Grady EMS being called.
The video shows Kimbrough issuing the citation, Hollman's objection and, after ordering him several times to sign the ticket, initiating an arrest as the deacon begins to say he'll sign it. The two briefly appear to struggle before Kimbrough takes Hollman to ground, ordering him to put his hands behind his back as he presses his head and body into the ground. Hollman says "I can't breathe" a number of times.
After Kimbrough tases Hollman, the deacon becomes unresponsive. The officer is told to apply a chest rub after Hollman passes out, which he does. Other officers arrive, and it is not clear in the video what other life-saving measures might have been applied. Medics arrive about 12 minutes after the tasing and apply chest compressions.
Hollman was taken to Grady Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Aug. 11 shortly before 1 a.m., the medical examiner's report stated.
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