Prosecutors have said the police officer can be heard in the video saying he was “going to kill this motherfucker, don’t you know it.”
Videos published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Wednesday shows the moment a police officer fatally shot a black man in 2011 — an incident that resulted in prosecutors charging the officer with first-degree murder in May.
In the footage, former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley can be seen pursuing Anthony Lamar Smith, a drug suspect, in his squad car for several minutes on Dec. 20, 2011.
Prosecutors say that during the pursuit, Stockley was heard saying he was "going to kill this motherfucker, don't you know it."
After Stockley's partner rams Smith's vehicle, causing them to crash, Stockley is filmed approaching Smith's car and opening fire five times with his police-issued handgun, fatally striking Smith.
St Louis Police Department / Via stltoday.com
Stockley is then seen returning to his car two times: first, to return an AK-47 rifle he personally owned but was not authorized to carry, according to the Post-Dispatch; he can then be seen searching through a bag in the back seat of the car.
Stockley was subsequently filmed by a bystander climbing into the driver's seat of Smith's car after the man's body was pulled out.
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