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Stanton crew. >> you can clearly see that there was poor judgment exercised on both parts. but fatality was not the answer. and there was 16 miles, 16 miles, to truly and clearly figure out an alternate means of apprehending stan. there truly was. 27 shots does not apprehend or subdue. it kills. >> police declined to be interviewed for our original report. since then, crew's mother filed a federal lawsuit against the officers involved. it was settled with $1.5 million going to the estate of stanton crew. when we come back -- >> cameras in the police cars were first use for drunk driving to a...

Stanton crew was a 32-year-old account executive at a computer firm in morristown, new jersey. >> stan was fun-loving, happy go lucky guy. if he could help someone that he knew, he would. >> he was working at home late that night when he received a phone call from a friend in a bar requesting a ride. according to court documents, police say crew was driving erratically. they say they thought he was drunk. dover, new jersey patrolman barry young later testified he signaled crew to pull over. crew ignored him and instead led police on a 15-minute chase on interstate 80. it isn't until other poli...

Run over one of them. then, all hell breaks loose. it is difficult to tell what really happened that night because the police who opened fire on crew are not visible on the videotape. in fact, the officer with his gun drawn in the center of the picture never fires a shot. john whipple is the lawyer for the new jersey officer, william underwood who did fire two of the bullets that hit stanton crew. >> the officer fired first in protection of himself as the vehicle was heading towards him. my client fired three shots to protect the life of the parsippany officer whose life he

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