Body Cam Video Shows Death of Man in Dallas Police Station.
WHITFIELD: All right. Welcome back. I'm Fredricka Whitfield. Dallas police have released body camera footage from the night a man died while in their custody. In August of 2016, Tony Timpa called police asking for help. The video shows officers mocking Timpa while he yelled, "you're going to kill me". In less than an hour, he was dead. CNN's Ed Lavandera reports on the three-year battle for the video's release and we do want to warn you that some viewers might find this very difficult to watch.</s>ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: In August of 2016 32-year-old Tony Timpa called 911 on himself. He was standing outside of a Dallas pornography story. He told dispatchers he suffered from schizophrenia, and depression and was off his medications. When Dallas police officers arrived, Timpa had already been handcuffed by private security guards.</s>TONY TIMPA, VICTIM: Don't hurt me.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey Tony. Tony.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Relax, man. Stay down.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tony, Tony, Tony.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just keep hem down. That's too much.</s>LAVANDERA: Dallas police said Timpa was arrested due to his erratic behavior but the officer body camera footage shows Timpa repeatedly begging for help.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tony.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get on the ground.</s>TIMPA: No, you're going to kill me.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm not going to kill you.</s>TIMPA: You're going to kill me. You're going to kill me.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tony, relax buddy.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Chill out.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Relax.</s>TIMPA: What are you going to do? Help me.</s>LAVANDERA: You can hear the officers laughing and joking about the situation. The video captures 20 minutes of the interaction between the officers and Timpa. One officer uses his knee and bodyweight to hold Timpa on the ground face first. Timpa continues begging for help.</s>TIMPA: Help me. Help me. Help me. Help me. Help me. Help me.</s>LAVANDERA: As they switch out handcuffs and zip tie his legs together, the officers continue mocking Timpa. Nearly 12 minutes into the video, Tony Timpa stops responding. His family's attorney says a paramedic injected him with a sedative.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tony. Hey, time for school. Wake up.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't want to got to school.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Five more minutes mom.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: First day, you can't be late.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tony.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We bought you new shoes for the first day of school -- come on.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Made breakfast, scrambled eggs, your favorite.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Waffles.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Waffles.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Rooty, tooty, fruity waffles.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think he's out cold now.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Try and wake him up.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't know. He just got quiet.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All of a sudden just bloog.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is that Narcan?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Here he comes.</s>LAVANDERA: More than five minutes passed before any one administers CPR. And the officers start showing concern about Timpa's condition. As Timpa's lifeless body is lifted on to the gurney, officers again laugh about the situation.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I hope I didn't kill him.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What's all this we</s>LAVANDERA: Then the paramedics breaks the news that Tony Timpa is dead. The autopsy determined Timpa died of sudden cardiac arrest caused by toxic effects of cocaine in his system and the stress of being restrained. Tony Timpa's mother says even three years later it's still excruciating to watch.</s>VICKI TIMPA, MOTHER OF TONY TIMPA: It's real hard to hear my son scream "help me" and he cried and they laughed at him and they torture him and they kill him and they have fun doing it and they keep doing it even when he's not breathing. It's like ok, we get this 911 call, this guy needs help, let's go have fun with him. Let's torture him and kill him.</s>LAVANDERA: A grand jury indicted three Dallas police officers on a misdemeanor charge of deadly conduct. Those charges were dismissed by the Dallas County district attorney earlier this year. Prosecutors said they believe that the officers did not act recklessly. Those officers are still on the Dallas police force. Tony Timpa's family has filed a federal civil lawsuit against Dallas police and the department says it will not comment on the video because of that lawsuit. Ed Lavandera, CNN -- Dallas.</s>WHITFIELD: And we'll be right back.