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Other than deadly force in this case? >> no, there's not. this is a deadly force encounter. when you respond to lethal force, you respond to that with lethal force. a taser is a less lethal item. >> reporter: soon after the shooting the officers signed affidavits about what happened. both say jason harrison lunged at them. he lunged at officer rogers first and raised the screw driver in the air. officer rogers said he lunged at officer hutchens first. both officers agreed, though, that the screw driver could have been used as a deadly puncture weapon. with jason bleeding out in the driveway, b...

>> the harrison's family attorney says if jason had really lunged at the officer, you would have seen his whole body fill the screen of the body camera. >> he didn't lunge. he didn't stab. he didn't jab. no thrust and no zoro move. >> reporter: what about after the shooting? the officers continue to yell at him to drop his weapon as he lay motionless. listen. >> sorry, man. sorry, buddy. drop it, guy. >> put the thing down! put the screw driver down! >> reporter: after several minutes officer rogers gets close enough to remove the screw driver from the victim's hand and then puts his hands beh...

Put the screwdriver down! >> drop it! >> put the screwdriver down. >> drop it, guy. >> [ bleep ]. >> ma'am, stand back. >> camera on? >> yeah, it's rolling. yours? >> of course mine crapped out. man. >> drop it, guy. >> he's unconscious. >> just harrowing to hear that mother crying in the background. the camera did not stop recording. it also picked up a conversation between the officers moments after the shooting. have a listen. >> he's still alive. he's still alive. >> did you handcuff him?

Lecture the black community. you know, that's what the president of the united states could have, should have done more of to make a historic mark but chose instead to deal with other issues and to ignore the fact he was uniquely situated to deal with this situation. >> i want to show a case in new york, we're all from new york here and this is where a disturbed man attacked a jewish man in new york city in a synagogue and how the cops had to react here. and it's important because you see during this video you see the police say drop the knife. drop it. drop it. at one point he drops it, puts ...