Federal judge dismisses criminal charges against Atlanta police officer over death during arrest operation

A federal judge dismissed criminal charges against a former Atlanta police officer in the death of Jimmy Atchison, ruling that the actions Sung Kim took leading to the shooting of the 21-year-old Black man during an arrest operation were "textbook self-defense." 

U.S. District Judge Michael Brown said in his ruling Tuesday that "the evidence for self-defense is so overwhelming it is hard to understand how Georgia could have brought these charges in the first place, much less continued with...