this is one way cops 'serve and protect' though i'd pray it never happens to me;

Austin, TX — Javier Ambler, a 40-year-old postal worker, was on his way home from a friendly poker game when he allegedly made the mistake of failing to dim his headlights when passing another vehicle. This is something everyone who is reading this article has likely done at some point in their life. However, because Ambler drove past a Williamson County sheriff’s deputy, an hour later, he’d be dead.

Now, nearly three years after his death and the taxpayers of Williamson County have been put on notice that they will be shelling out $5 million to Ambler’s family as part of a wrongful death lawsuit.

“While the Ambler family remains devastated by the loss of their son and loving father, they are proud that they fought for him and hope that this settlement and the changes that have occurred at Williamson County as a result of this case send a powerful message to law enforcement that ignoring a person’s pleas that they cannot breathe will no longer be tolerated,” Jeff Edwards, the lawyer for Ambler’s family, said Tuesday.

According to the Austin American-Statesmen, the settlement is the largest in county history and is the latest development in a case that led to multiple indictments, questions about the role of reality TV in law enforcement and a new Texas law banning such partnerships.

Those indictments took two years after his death to happen. The deputies who squeezed the life out of him as he begged for help on the now-cancelled Live PD show, James Johnson and Zachary Camden were indicted on one count of second-degree manslaughter each in Ambler’s death in March..........read and watch more.....