An Atlanta cop who shot and killed an unarmed Black man complying with his orders to raise his hands in 2019 was cleared of murder charges by a federal judge this week, claiming the cop was acting in self-defense.

Atlanta police officer Sung H. Kim claimed he was in fear for his life when he killed Jimmy Atchison because the 21-year-old Black man had both hands “clamped together” when he raised them after being ordered to do so, making the cop believe he was holding a gun.

However, other cops at the scene who were part of a federal task force claimed Atchison only raised his right hand but pointed it at Kim, making them also believe he had been holding a gun – but none of the other officers fired their guns.

And Kim, who was a 26-year veteran police officer at the time of the shooting,

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