'Shots fired'
Officer Lisa Mearkle has chased Kassick, first by car, then on foot. Now she's zapped him with her Taser and he's writhing on the ground, on snow, jammed up against a line of trees.
Viewed through the camera attached to the officer's Taser, Kassick reacts to each of three shocks from the stun gun. Mearkle, screaming, orders Kassick, who is already involuntarily on the ground, to "Get on the ground! Get on the ground!"
"Okay, okay," he responds.
As the officer stands over Kassick, repeatedly ordering him to "Lie down" and "Show your hands," the 59-year-old does just that. He moans in pain, pulls his right hand out from under his head and stretches to display the hand.
But three times during the video, Kassick also does other things with his hands. As he says "Okay, okay" to the officer's command, he also reaches toward his jacket pocket. A little later, his left hand moves toward his front pants pocket. He appears to be trying to remove Taser wires from his clothing. Thirty seconds later, he uses his left hand to lift himself slightly from the snow.
At the 1:39 mark, there's a pop and Mearkle says, "Shots fired."
Within seconds, Kassick is flat on his stomach. He lifts his head. The officer, calm now, says, "Keep your hands where I can see them."
The video ends. Kassick is dead, shot twice in the back.
He was unarmed.
Mearkle had given chase after Kassick fled from her attempt to pull him over for having an expired inspection sticker on his car.
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