Robert L. Hairston
Name: Robert L. Hairston
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 11/07/2002
Location: Northside Dr NW & 14th St NW
Atlanta, Georgia, 30318
County: Fulton
Agency: Atlanta Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: A lawsuit contends that suspect Erick Johnson, then 18, was traveling the wrong way and speeding in the southbound lane of Northside Drive when the 1997 Infiniti Q-45 he was driving ran a red light and hit Hairston's smaller Dodge Neon head-on, killing the off-duty MARTA bus driver. Johnson's reckless driving was a "direct result of a high speed chase initiated" by the officers who, the suit says, pursued Johnson during heavy rush hour traffic in downtown Atlanta.
Unique ID: 2064
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