Family Sues as Video indicates police officers Kill man on ‘live PD’ Over Headlights, Crying, ‘i will Breathe’

 Javier Ambler, a 40-year-old postal worker, was on his way home from a friendly poker when he allegedly made the error of failing to show off his brights when passing another vehicle. this is often something everyone who is reading this text has likely done at some point in their life. However, because Ambler drove past a Williamson County sheriff’s deputy, an hour later, he’d be dead.

Because the officers who killed him weren't held accountable, relatives of Ambler filed the excessive force complaint in the week. in line with the NY Daily News, the 29-page lawsuit lays move into chilling detail how Ambler, a 400-pound former high school footballer who suffered from cardiovascular disease and obesity, ended up dead within the custody of Williamson County Sheriff’s Deputies JJ Johnson and Zachary Camden on March 28, 2019.

Ambler has killed last year and investigators with the Williamson County sheriff’s department investigated themselves and determined that the deputies didn't violate the agency’s pursuit of use-of-force policies. This was in spite of the very fact that Ambler’s death was ruled a homicide.

The lawsuit claims the deputies’ boss, Sheriff Robert Chody, had a “permissive chase policy” that encouraged officers to pursue people “until the wheels fall off.”

It also says Chody “encouraged officers to use excessive force after they were being filmed by ‘Live PD,’” to extend the entertainment value for the fact show.

As the News reports, it says one in all Chody’s officers, Deputy Jarred Dalton, confirmed Chody’s alleged directives when he tweeted about his ride-along with “Live PD,” saying, “Glad we could make some good TV for the boss man,” and “Gonna attempt to get some great things excited for y’all tonight.”

Though the officers who killed Ambler weren't held accountable, a Williamson County jury indicted Sheriff Robert Chody for felony evidence tampering in Ambler’s death. consistent with court documents, Chody is accused of destroying video recordings and audio recordings within the investigation into Ambler’s death “with the intent to impair their availability as evidence within the investigation, “KVUE reports.

Chody was booked into the Williamson County jail and released shortly after on a $10,000 bail. Adding to the conspiratorial nature of the case is that the incontrovertible fact that Jason Nassour, the attorney for Williamson County, was also booked on the identical charge for allegedly tampering with the identical evidence.

As reported earlier this year, Live PD reportedly destroyed all footage of Ambler’s death at the hands of police. The indictments stem from an independent investigation launched by media with the KVUE Defenders and also the Austin American-Statesman jointly after they both confirmed in June that the footage was destroyed.

Jeff Edwards of the Edwards Law Group, who is representing the Ambler family, released the subsequent statement with regard to the charges:

“Today, we learned that a reason for the slow pace of justice, during this case, is that Sheriff Chody allegedly acted to destroy video evidence of Mr. Ambler’s death. It seems the sheriff was more inquisitive about being a part of a reality TV program and providing entertaining video content than protecting the lives of the Black citizens he was sworn to guard. If true, such shameful behavior by an enforcement leader is striking evidence that there has to be a sweeping, systemic overhaul of our system of policing.”

As we reported at the time, Ambler’s last moments alive were captured on police body camera footage moreover as footage from the crew from A&E’s reality show “Live PD.” He never resisted, posed a threat to cops, or attempted to attack them, yet he was thrown to the bottom, repeatedly tasered, and therefore the air squeezed from his body until he fell unconscious and died.

The incident began as Deputy J.J. Johnson, who is frequently featured on “Live PD,” passed Ambler and allegedly saw him fail to dim his brights. So, the deputy targeted Ambler for extortion and subsequent murder.

For unknown reasons — likely because of the very fact that he was terrified of what the police may do, or didn't want to be extorted — Ambler failed to stop. He led police on a chase for over 20 minutes. The cops stayed behind him because it's in their description to extort, kidnap, and during this instance, kill people over failing to show down your brights when passing another vehicle.

The chase came to an end when Ambler crashed his vehicle.

As the Statesman reports:

Johnson, who had no backup at the time, drew his gun and ordered Ambler to urge out of his car, raise his hands and find on the bottom. Ambler, a 400-pound former player, got out and showed his hands. Johnson, who is black and about half Ambler’s size, holstered his gun and pulled out his Taser.

“Get down!” Johnson repeated several times.

When Ambler perceived to turn toward his door, Johnson used his Taser, in line with an indoor investigative report the Statesman obtained under the Texas Public Information Act. Ambler fell on one knee, rolled onto his back and stomach, and acted like he was trying to face.

Moments later, multiple officers are pushing down on the man’s body as he begs them to prevent, telling them he had a congestive failure.

“I have a congestive failure,” Ambler says. “I have a congestive heart condition. I can’t breathe.”

Despite the person posing no threat whatsoever, cops still yell stop resisting as Ambler repeats, “I can’t breathe,” whenever getting softer because the breath leaves his lungs.

“I am not resisting,” Ambler cries. “Sir, I can’t breathe. … Please. … Please.”

Deputies, clearly unaware of the very fact that Ambler is unable to place his hands behind his back due to his size and health condition, keep yelling at him to try to do so while delivering more taser strikes to 400 lb former player.

“Save me,” Ambler cries.

“Do what we’re asking you to do!” a deputy yells.

“I can’t,” Ambler says, These would be his last words, just before a political candidate tasers him for the fourth time.

After the taser, Ambler goes completely unconscious. In spite of now not moving, the officers still yell at him to “get your hands behind your back and stop resisting.”

After cuffing the unconscious man, they realize he stopped breathing, was unconscious, and had no pulse. Moments later, he’d be pronounced dead.

As the Statesman reports, a death-in-custody report filed with the Texas attorney general’s office — a procedure required anytime an individual dies in police custody — said Ambler didn't try to, nor did he assault deputies; he failed to verbally threaten others nor try and get control of any officers’ weapons.

Basically, the whole application and escalation of force were unnecessary.

We will never know why Ambler didn’t stop that night, but he had committed no other crime. the foremost serious charge he would’ve faced would’ve been failing to prevent for police. And he died for it.

This man was pursued, pulled out of his car, thrown to the bottom, repeatedly shocked, and therefore the air squeezed from his lungs until he died because he allegedly didn't dim his headlights.

“It is of very serious concern to any folks who are in enforcement that the choice to interact in this chase was driven by more of a requirement to supply entertainment than to stay Williamson County citizens safe,” said Travis County public prosecutor Margaret Moore.

Indeed. It appears that Johnson initiated a dangerous and deadly chase over something as petty as flashing one’s brights, all so he could make the producers happy at LIVE PD, who consistently put him on the air.

Perhaps there's something within the LIVE PD video that shows police never should have pursued Ambler in the first place, and maybe, that's why it had been destroyed. Now, however, it's their word against Ambler’s estate. Below is that the full police body camera footage from that night.