“Every single person and life in the City of Atlanta matters to me,” Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said in a press release. “Part of my job is to assess, evaluate, and adjust how this police department is carrying out its sworn mission to serve and protect the citizens of this city.”
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Schierbaum stressed that his decision came “only after a diligent review of all of the facts, while ensuring the due process of our officers.”
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When police officers arrived at the scene of the car crash the night of August 10, Kimbrough “attempted to issue a traffic citation,” the police department’s previous statement said. However, “the driver became agitated and uncooperative” and “a struggle ensued.”
“After several minutes struggling with the driver, the officer utilized his taser and, with the help of a witness, placed him into handcuffs,” the police department continued in their previous statement. “Once the driver was in handcuffs, the officer realized he was unresponsive and requested EMS to the scene.”
A medical examiner later determined Hollman’s cause of death to be homicide but noted that heart disease was a contributing factor to his death, CBS News reports.
Officer Kiran Kimbrough.Atlanta Police Dept.
Atlanta Police Dept.
Kimbrough became a “peace officer” in October 2021, according to Georgia Peace Officer Standards & Training Council records and he had no disciplinary history.
The Atlanta Police Department’s announcement of Kimbrough’s termination comes within days of when body-camera video footage of the incident could be released,CBS News reports.
Public Affairs Officer Aaron Fix of the Atlanta Police Department declined to provide PEOPLE with a timeline for the release of the body-camera footage, but in the press statement the department urged that any such footage, which is “part of a pending homicide investigation,” should not be released “until the investigation is closed.”
The statement continued: “We all want justice, and in order for there to be a just outcome, there are policies and procedures in place to ensure a proper and thorough investigation as well as due process in the upcoming administrative hearing.”
“We’re going to continue to fight for justice all the way to the very end, so we can do justice for our father,” Hollman’s daughter, Arnitra Hollman, said, CBS News reported.
source: people.com
