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To take him to the e.r. >> were going to take you to the emergency room and get you looked at and make sure you good to go. >> reporter: but once at the hospital, police video shows lambert kicking out the patrol car window. he runs straight into the closed emergency room doors. the officers surround him and start tasing him. lambert admits hes on drugs and asks for help. >> i just did cocaine, man. >> reporter: instead, police shackle his legs and put him back in a police car. >> obviously, the...

Shows three hospitals in south foster, virginia, tasing a man outside of emergency room. shortly after, that man died in police custody. the video begins with officers picking lambert up at a hotel early one morning in may of 2013. after several 911 call, made about noise. and 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 th...

Make sure youre good to go. >> reporter: during the ride, police video shows lambert becomes increasingly agitated. as the squad car pulls into the e.r. >> dont kick your window. dont kick your window. quit kicking the window. quit kicking the window. calm down. calm down. >> reporter: lambert, his hands catched behind his back, kicks out the window and sprints towards the emergency room, ramming the sliding doors. three officers draw their tasers and appear to make contact. lambert falls forwar...

From cruel and unusual punishment. and the south boston police department released a statement saying we are vigorously defending this case. our position is confirmed by the reports of two well qualified experts in the field. cnn attempted to reach the south boston police as well as the virginia state police who picked up this investigation of lamberts death. important to note the medical examiner said while cocaine was cause of death, there were three puncture wounds that looked like they were ...

While threatening to tase him. >> on your stomach! >> reporter: lambert then admits hes on drugs. instead of taking him to the emergency room, the officers take him to the police situation. the officers tase lambert multiple time, hes bleeding apparently from breaking the squad car window. by the time they get to the police station, lambert is unconscious in the backseat. he was later placed under arrest and going into cardiac arrest. the family blames the police and they filed a $25 million wro...

Increasingliagy agitated. as the squad car pulls into the e.r. -- >> dont kick in the window. stop kicking the window. calm down! calm down! >> lett >> lambert with his hands cuffed behind his back kicks out the window, ramming the sliding doors. three officers draw their tasers and appear to make contact. lambert falls forward. >> im going to light you up again. >> reporter: instead of having him evaluated by doctors, the police put him back in the squad car. when he fails to sit up, hes allege...

>> reporter: inside the patrol car, police say he kicked out the window. then, the video shows lambert running straight into the hospital doors while handcuffed. >> get on your belly. >> reporter: he falls to the ground and the officers repeatedly ask him to roll over on to his stomach while threatening to tase him. he admits that he was on drugs. but instead of taking him in the emergency room, they take him to the jail. hes bleeding from breaking the squad car window. by the time they reach th...

Calls made for noise. because of the way lambert was acting, he was taken to the hospital for a mental health evaluati evaluation. he made comments about killing two people and hiding their bodies in the ceiling. >> we will take you to the emergency room. >> reporter: police say he kicked out the window. th then the video shows lambert running away. lambert then admits he was on drugs. >> i just took cocaine. >> reporter: instead of taking him in the emergency room, he was taken to the police st...

Were made about noise. >> i got ya. >> 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 the ceiling. >> were going to take you to the emergency room and get you looked at and 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 ...