As Black Lives Matter supporters push for justice in the wake of George Floyd's death, more police footage is being released that details the deaths of other black men in police custody.
3:22Two men, Javier Ambler in Austin, Texas, and Derrick Scott in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, are heard in their last moments saying “I can’t breathe” in separate videos of deadly encounters with police.George Floyd's death
According to police, Ambler failed to dim the headlights of his Honda Pilot as he drove past a sheriffs deputy, who then pursued him for 22 minutes due to the minor traffic violation, Austin ABC affiliateIn the newly released video, the father of two could be heard saying,"I cannot breathe," several times before he became unresponsive and was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Ambler's cause of death was listed by medical examiners as"congestive heart failure and hypertensive cardiovascular disease associated with morbid obesity 'in combination with forcible restraint,'" according to a report with the Texas Attorney General's office. After initially being ruled as"justifiable homicide," Ambler's death is now under new investigation by the Austin Police Department’s special investigations unit and the civil rights division of the Travis County District Attorney’s Office.
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