Atlanta: Body Camera Footage Of Police Killing Of Deacon Johnny Hollman Released

Atlanta, GA – November 22, 2023 – The body camera footage that shows the killing of Deacon Johnny Hollman Sr. was released to the public today.

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The Hollman family, friends, and legal team will hold a press conference, Wednesday, November 22nd at 2:00pm. The press conference will take place at Davis Bozeman Johnson Law Firm – Lobby (Building C, 4153 Flat Shoals Pkwy, Suite 332, Decatur, GA 30034)

It will be live streamed on the Davis Bozeman Johnson Facebook Account.

The release of Kiran Kimbrough’s body worn camera video confirms the undeniable truth that Kimbrough needlessly and brutally escalated a routine police-citizen encounter over a traffic ticket into a fatal encounter for Deacon Johnny Hollman, an unarmed 62-year-old man who posed no risk or threat to Kimbrough at all.  -Atty. Harold W. Spence 

When Officer Kiran Kimbrough arrived, he decided that Deacon Hollman was at fault and issued him a traffic ticket. Deacon Hollman asked to see a sergeant. Officer Kimbrough ignored him and told him he would take him to jail if he did not sign the ticket. Deacon Hollman told Officer Kimbrough he would sign the ticket, but the officer took him to the ground and began tasing him.

Deacon Hollman told the officer “I Can’t Breathe”, fifteen times. Deacon Hollman was pronounced dead at Grady Hospital.