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Form of resisting with putting up their dukes or trying to flee. you dont really use the lethal force here, especially because tasers have been marketed as a less lethal alternative. theyre not nonlethal. theyre less lethal. and the guidelines, they give us a lot of information, but they as dont give us a lot of information in that because these are lethal alternatives, maybe the general idea is, well, we can pump someone full of these charges and we can do so, because we know that the statistic...

They filed a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit alleging quote the officers callous disregard for linwood lambert in tasering him multiple times and depriving him of the care he needed violated his constitutional rights to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. the police deneed the allegations saying his actions required the use of force. >> stating we are vigorously defending the case. reports affirmed in the field. cnn attempted to reach both south boston police as well as virginia state ...

Boston, virginia, tasing a man right outside a hospital emergency room. shortly there after that man, 46-year-old lindberg lambert died. the video shows officers picking him up in 2013 after several 911 calls were made about noise. court records say because of the way lambert was acting they decided to take him to the hospital for a mental health evaluation. they say he made comments about murdering two people and hiding their bodies in a ceiling. >> were going to take you to the emergency room ...

Cnns pamela brown. >> reporter: this police video shows three officers in south boston, virginia tasing a man outside the emergency room. shortly after, that man, 46-year-old linwood lambert, died in police custody. the video starts with officers picking lambert up at a motel in may of 2013. after several 911 calls made about noise. in court records, police say because of the way lambert was acting, they decided to take him to the hospital. they said he made comments about murdering two people a...

Tonight, newly released videos show in graphic details the minutes leading to the death of a virginia man while in police custody. it shows officers tasing him over and over where the officers took him for medical help. he never made it inside, the officers fired repeatedly at him while he was in handcuffs. the videos are only now coming to light as a result of a wrongful death lawsuit. >> reporter: 46-year-old linwood lambert was allegedly acting strange when south boston, virginia, police deci...

>> we gonna take you to the emergency room and gonna get you looked at make sure you good to go. >> inside the patrol car, police say he kicked out the window. then the video shows lambert running straight into the hospital doors while hand cuffed. he falls to the ground and the officers repeatedly ask him to roll over on to his stomach while threatening to tase him. >> on your stomachish -- >> lambert then admits he was on drugs. >> i just did cocaine. >> but instead of taking him inside the em...

In police custody. the video begins with officers picking lambert up at a hotel early one morning in may of 2013 after several 911 calls were made about noise. in court records, police say because of the way lambert was acting, they decided to take him to the hospital for a mental health evaluation. they say he made comments about murdering two people and hiding their bodies in a ceiling. >> were going to take you to the emergency room and were going to get you -- make sure youre good to go. >> ...

Excessive force and negligence arguing in part that quote while the defendants were depriving him of necessary medical treatment, lambert suffered cardiac arrest and death in violation of his rights. south boston police department and three officers involved denied these claims. a statement from their attorney says in part quote, we are vigorously defending the case. our position is reaffirmed by the reports of two independent well-qualified experts in the field. taser logs show the officers pul...

Heres the hospital. the man never got medical treatment from doctors. i want to warn you, what you will see here is graphic but its an important part of the story. pamela brown is "outfront." >> reporter: this police video shows three officers in south boston virginia takesising a ma right outside of the hospital. he shortly after that died in police custody. they picked him up at a hotel after several 911 calls were made about noise. >> ive got you. ive got you. >> reporter: because of the way ...

Cnn, new york. >> and as debra pointed out, as this point, we do not know how many times mr. lambert was tazed. we havent gotten a response from the police, but we should point out its a holiday vterans day as well. the police officer said the officers didnt use excessive force here. do you agree? >> up to a certain extent. as far as when he got to the hospital and he was trying to break through the glass, i think their force was adequate at that time. i dont think i would have used two tasers o...