"Fatal Arrest: Atlanta Deacon's Electrocution Ruled Homicide"

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"Fatal Arrest: Atlanta Deacon's Electrocution Ruled Homicide"
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The death of Johnny Hollman, a 62-year-old church deacon in Atlanta, who was electrically shocked by a police officer during his arrest following a minor car crash, has been ruled a homicide by the autopsy. The medical examiner found that heart disease also contributed to his death. The incident has led to calls for the release of the video footage, which has been shown to family members but not yet made public. Lawyers for Hollman's family claim that the officer initiated the struggle after Hollman asked for a police sergeant to come to the scene. The city has since changed its policy to allow officers to write "refusal to sign" on a traffic ticket instead of making an arrest.

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