reporter: finally, in december, 2011, two months before her death, emily reached out to her mom for help. did she say she had become addicted to this painkiller? i don t know if she used the word addiction, but she had felt like she was abusing it. and alex was upset about it. reporter: emily s doctors had recommended inpatient rehab. instead she decided to detox at her mother s house, and to hide it from alex and the kids by saying she had mono. the reason is because they were scared of what it would do to their image. is the reason that you put out this cover story about emily having mono, is that because sending her to rehab would ve been some kind of embarrassment to your family and you didn t want your name tarnished? absolutely not. we ve always done the best thing for our children, and it was emily s desire to keep it from alex.
a new kind of network designed to save you money. call, visit, or go to xfinitymobile.com. a not guilty verdict in the city of st. louis, missouri, is sparking outrage on the streets. protesters there, upset, after a former police officer was acquitted on friday of the 2011 shooting and killing of an african-american man. during the trial, the prosecutors accused the officer of planting a gun to justify that shooting. the officer insists, though, he acted in self-defense. randi kaye has more on the case. shots fired. reporter: you re watching the final moments of a man s life. it s december 2011. and motorist anthony lamar smith is being chase by st. louis police officer jason stockley
death of michael brown in ferguson, missouri. during the trial, prosecutors accused stockily of planting a gun to justify the shooting. while the former police officer insisted he acted in self-defense. randi kaye has more on this case. you re watching the final moments of a man s life. it s december 2011 and motorists anthony lamar smith is being chased by st. louis police officer jason stockily and his partner. the officers suspected he had been involved in a drug deal. the officers would later say when they approach smith web jumped in his car and drove off, hitting the police cruiser and knocking officer stockily sideways. the officer fires several shots saying he feared for his life and the safety of others. the high speed chased tops 80 prp. during the pursuit, stockily is
anthony lamar smith, in december, 2011. prosecutors claim officer jason stockley in the passenger seat can be heard saying during the chase, quote, we re killing this mf-word, don t you know. less than a minute later after catching up and purposefully crashing into smith s car, stockley on the right is seen opening fire, shooting smith several times, killing him. the defense say smith we fused commands to put up his hands and reached in the area where the gun was. stockley later testified that he feared for his life. defense attorneys pointed out that in contrast, stockley s partner never drew his weapon at any time. police say a gun was found in smith s car, but prosecutors claim it was planted. the only dna on the weapon, stockley s. dash cam video after the
update. one key piece of evidence in the case, dramatic dash cam video which captured the moment jason stockley shot and killed anthony lamar smith. prosecutors argue that the video showed stockley planting evidence. the judge did not agree. cnn s jean casarez lays out the controversial case. reporter: a high speed chase caught on police dash cam. two st. louis police officers pursuing a 24-year-old black man, anthony lamar smith, in december 2011. prosecutors claim officer jason stockley in the passenger seat can be heard saying during the chase, quote, we re killing this m.f., don t you know. less than a minute later, after catching up and purposefully crashing into smith s car, stockley, on the right, is seen opening fire, shooting smith several times, killing him. the defense say smith refused