JUDGE DISMISSES MURDER CHARGES AGAINST OFFICER IN SHOOTING OF UNARMED MAN IN CLOSET
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✍️ A federal judge has thrown out murder charges against a former Atlanta police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man hiding in a closet, ruling that the officer acted in self-defense.
👉 Former Atlanta police officer Sung Kim was charged with murder in the 2019 killing of 21-year-old Jimmy Atchison 👉 Kim was ruled to have acted in self-defense by U.S. District Judge Michael Brown 👉 The judge rejected claims that officers violated generally accepted police practices by entering the apartment and bedroom where Atchison was hiding 👉 The decision has been met with criticism from the Atchison family and civil rights groups
-- #SungKim #JimmyAtchison #MichaelBrown #NabikaAtchison #TanyaMiller #DonSamuel #GeraldGriggs #FaniWillis #Atlanta #FultonCounty #politics
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