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>> 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 emergency room the officers take him to the police station. the officers tase lambert multiple times. ...

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. >> we're going to take you to the emergency room and we're going to get you -- make sure you're good to go. >> reporter: inside the patrol car police say he kicked out the window. then the video shows lambert...

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 pull the trigger 18 times with one officer using the taser 15 times, it's unclear how many times lamber...

Here's the hospital. the man never got medical treatment from doctors. i want to warn you, what you will see here is graphic but it's 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. >> i've got you. i've got you. >> reporter: because of the way lambert was acting, they decided to take him to the hospital for a mental health evaluation. the...

Cnn, new york. >> and as debra pointed out, as this point, we do not know how many times mr. lambert was tazed. we haven't gotten a response from the police, but we should point out it's a holiday vterans day as well. the police officer said the officers didn't 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 don't think i would have used two tasers on the guy. it looked like at one point there may have been three. i think that's a little too mu...