Williamson County TX sheriff’s deputies tried to stop Mr. Ambler for failing to dim his headlights and then pursued him when he did not stop. They held him down and Tased him while he pleaded that he had congestive heart failure and could not breathe. A film crew for “Live PD” was with the pursuing officer and filmed the encounter, but later claimed to have destroyed the footage because the show had a policy of not showing fatalities. The show has since been canceled. The Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV, the local ABC affiliate, had been requesting more information on the case for months, but had only recently obtained police documents and video, The American-Statesman reported. The newspaper published an article on June 8 that said Mr. Ambler had cried, “Save me,” before deputies shocked him a final time.

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