they filed a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit alleging quote the officer s callous disregard for linwood lambert in tasering him multiple times and depriving him of the care he needed violated his constitutional rights to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. the police deneed the allegations saying his actions required the use of force. stating we are vigorously defending the case. reports affirmed in the field. cnn attempted to reach both south boston police as well as virginia state police who picked up this investigation, carol, after lambert s death. we have not heard back and there have been no charges against these police officers since this happened two years ago, carol. all right. pamela brown reporting. thank you. and good morning. i m carol costello.