Agents of the state are not your friends. The total amount of wealth and property confiscated through police searches and seizures now stands higher than the amount of property reported stolen due to crime.
This does not take into account the masses of wealth illegally and unjustly seized through the system of ticketing created by law enforcement agencies.
Like any branch or agency of the state, the police bleed the citizenry dry and are engaged in the legalized plunder of the American people. Think about that for a second. Protect and serve? I think not.
Legal piracy is more of an accurate term for America’s police force and the broader system of government that encapsulates it.
The bodycam footage from the assault and arrest of Church deacon Johnny Hollman has been released after months of pleading with officials to release the footage.
62-year-old Hollman, an unarmed man, was tased and taken into police custody for refusing to sign a ticket. He later died while in custody.
Below is the body cam footage from the incident and more information on the story:
WARNING: DISTURBING VIDEO
A minor traffic accident ended with 62-year-old grandfather and church deacon Johnny Hollman dying in Atlanta police custody.
He’s seen refusing to sign a ticket because he didn’t think he was at fault. Seconds later, the cop tased him. @FOX5Atlanta pic.twitter.com/YZcHmB2n1d
— Rob DiRienzo (@RobDiRienzo) November 22, 2023
Mayor @AndreForAtlanta issued a statement on the release of body camera footage in the Johnny Hollman Case. Read the full statement:https://t.co/by98T30ZMO pic.twitter.com/cgWp1JqE1j
— City of Atlanta, GA (@CityofAtlanta) November 22, 2023
I have issued a statement on the release of body camera footage in the Johnny Hollman Case.
Read the statement here or click the link in my bio to read the statement on the City of Atlanta website. pic.twitter.com/PRK9AXEGzr
— Andre Dickens (@andreforatlanta) November 22, 2023
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution explained:
The death was ruled a homicide, caused by a combination of the officer’s Taser and heart disease, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Hollman became unresponsive after being stunned while being arrested after a car crash Aug. 10 in southwest Atlanta.
One user remarked on the insanity of using armed agents of the state to interact with normal, every day, non-violent American citizens.
The idea that you’d send an armed agent of the state to respond to a car accident was one abolitionists challenged before Johnny Hollman’s murder.
There was no crime committed. But APD showed up, and Kiran Kimbrough murdered Deacon Hollman over a traffic infraction, at best.
— ‘Collectivism…mutual aid…social solidarity’ (@ImmCivilRights) November 22, 2023
ABC News reports:
While on his radio, Kimbrough said, “This guy’s bleeding pretty bad,” referring to Hollman.
He later said that he had punched Hollman “a couple of times” when recounting what had happened.
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