A black man's violent death in police custody last year was filmed for Live PD

Austin-American Statesman

The A&E reality show's cameras were rolling in March 2019 when Javier Ambler, 40, was stopped by a Williamson County sheriff’s deputy in Texas for failing to dim the headlights of his SUV to oncoming traffic. "Twenty-eight minutes later, the black father of two sons lay dying on a North Austin street after deputies held him down and used Tasers on him four times while a crew from A&E’s reality show Live PD filmed," reports the Austin-American Statesman. Ambler's death is making news after police released body cam footage of the incident on Monday. Ambler can be heard saying the same phrase as George Floyd -- "I can't breathe." As deputies yelled at Ambler to lay on his stomach and put his hands behind his back, one deputy pressed his taser into his back. "I have congestive heart failure,” Ambler can be heard saying. “I have congestive heart failure. I can’t breathe.” At another point, he yells out: "Save me." Moments later, his hands go limp and the deputies placed him in handcuffs, and realize that he is unconscious and his pulse has stopped.