Federal judge dismisses criminal charges against Atlanta police officer over death during arrest operation
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A federal judge has dropped the criminal charges against a former Atlanta police officer related to the death of Jimmy Atchison. The judge determined that the actions taken by Sung Kim, which led to the shooting of the 21-year-old Black man during an arrest, were a clear case of self-defense.

U.S. District Judge Michael Brown stated on Tuesday that the self-defense evidence was so compelling that it was puzzling why the state of Georgia even filed these charges initially and pursued them for over two and a half years.

Sung Kim faced indictment in December 2022, facing charges such as involuntary manslaughter, felony murder, and aggravated assault following the 2019 incident where Atchison, wanted for armed robbery, was killed.

Brown’s ruling said Kim was a member of the FBI Atlanta Violent Crime Task Force and that Atchison fled from law enforcement when they showed up to take him into custody at an apartment complex in January that year. 

Jimmy Atchison's father holds a poster

Jimmy Hill, father of Jimmy Atchison, is seen holding a poster on March 8, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia.  (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Brown ultimately dismissed the charges on the basis of Supremacy Clause immunity and self-defense immunity. 

“It is hard to celebrate when a young man died; but there is no doubt that the decision of the Fulton County DA’s office to compound the tragedy by prosecuting Sung Kim was an inexcusable abuse of prosecutorial discretion,” Kim’s attorney, Don Samuel, told WSB-TV following the ruling. “Judge Brown’s decision was unambiguous: Sung Kim’s acted in self-defense.” 

When Kim was indicted in 2022, his father Jimmy Hill said “This is what we have been praying for, ever since that day Jimmy was taken from us.”  

“We have had marches, meetings, everything you can think of, to beg Fulton County to take action. I told the world I would never give up on justice for my son — no matter how long it took,” he added at the time, according to the Associated Press. 

Jimmy Hill in Atlanta

Jimmy Hill attends Brothas and Brews: Black Men’s Town Hall sponsored by Team Harris-Walz and the Democratic Party of Georgia at Atlantucky Brewing on Oct. 11, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Hill holds signs in memory of Jaylin McKenzie, who was killed by Memphis police officer in 2022, and his son Jimmy Atchison, who was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer in 2019.  (Julia Beverly/Getty Images)

Kim retired from the Atlanta Police Department months after the fatal shooting, WSB-TV reported. In March, his legal team sought to dismiss the charges, according to Fox5 Atlanta. 

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