jean casarez is outfront with what you need to know about the case. the high speed chase caught on police dash cam. two pursuing a black man, anthony lamar smith in december 2011. prosecutors claim officer jason stockily in the passenger s seat, can be heard saying quote, we re hearing this mf word don t you know. less than a minute later after catching up and purposefully crashing into smith s car, stockily on the right is seen opening fire shooting smith several times, killing him. the defense say smith refused commands to put up his hands and reached in the area where the gun was. stockily later testifieded that he feared for his life.
the st. louis police say 13 people have been arrested. four police officers have been assaulted. officer stockily was charged last year with first degree murder. pleaded not guilty. waived his right to a jury trial. today, a judge cited with a former officer despite prosecutor claims he carried out a premeditated plan to kill anthony lamar smith. we begin our coverage live in st. louis. ryan, this is a city that has faced unrest before. but now, these protests no longer considered peaceful. what are protesters telling you? they re tellinging us they re going to re-group now. if you look at the streets, they re empty, but they re going to meet at a park about a half hour from now. it got energized here in the middle f f of this intersection. at that point, protesters wanted to block the bus. officers stepped in the middle between the bus and protesters