but, instead of an ambulance, police arrived at kenneth chamberlain's apartment. neighbors saw guns drawn, a riot shield. >> they stated that if he didn't come and open the door they was going to knock it down. >> right across from the elevator -- >> his niece who lives upstairs tells police that he'd set off the alarm accidentally, to please let his family talk to him. >> i just kept hearing my uncle respond, please leave me alone. go away. i didn't call you. i don't need your help. >> reporter: chamberlain and the police were being recorded by the alert device. >> you hear one of the officers use an expletive, and that's when he said he didn't give an "f," used the n-word. >> the n-word? >> yes. >> reporter: law enforcement sources confirm that's on the tape. but there's more. later, the district attorney showed the family two videos in their custody. one from hallway security camera. another recorded by a camera on a taser gun. kenneth jr. demonstrated what he saw. what is your dad saying? what's he doing? >> he's standing there, he's looking at them, and you h

but instead of an ambulance, police arrived at kenneth chamberlain's apartment.rs saw guns drawn, a riot shield. >> they stated that if he didn't come and open the door, they was going to knock it down. >> right across the elevator -- >> his niece who lives upstairs tells police that he'd set off the alarm accidentally, to please let his family talk to him. >> i just kept hearing my uncle respond, please leave me alone. go away. i didn't call you. i don't need your help. >> reporter: chamberlain and the police were being recorded by the alert device. >> you hear one of the officers use an expletive, and that's when he said he didn't give an "f," used the n-word. >> the n-word? >> yes. >> reporter: law enforcement sources confirm that's on the tape. but there's more. later the district attorney showed the family two videos in their custody. one from hallway security camera. another recorded by a camera on a taser gun. kenneth jr. demonstrates what he saw. what is your dad saying? what's he doing? >> he's standing there, he's looking at them, and you hear the offic

know we're not in the wild west in a fatal police shooting of a sixty eight year old ex marine kenneth chamberlain sr was the u.s. war veteran who fell victim to unnecessary deadly police force last november but the sixty eight year old was tasered and shot by officers who responded to a false alarm from a medical alert pendant chamberlain reportedly instructed the officers to leave before they broke his door down an investigation into his killing remains on going to off the police are putting themselves in situations where violence becomes a more likely outcome and this is the result often of overly aggressive policing policies the exact number of americans killed by overly aggressive policing remains unknown because the u.s. department of justice does not require police departments to report fatal shooting statistics meanwhile. the new york city police department the world's largest has refused to release internal reports on police shootings from one thousand nine hundred six through two thousand and six until you begin holding those officers accountable until when they commit certain acts they

my name is kenneth chamberlain jr.. i am the son of kenneth chamberlain senior. for those of you that do not know, my father was shot and killed by a plainclothes officer in new york. they were responding to a medical emergency. when he told them he was ok, they insisted on gaining entry into my father's apartment appeared when he refused to let them in, they ultimately broke down the door after using racial slurs and taunting him and shot him twice in the chest and killed him. >> give the people around the country an idea of your father's background. he was home, they use racial language, you say. they were responding to a medical emergency. give us his background in terms of the man your father was and the medical condition he was in when they broke the door down. >> quickly, my father was a retired marine. he was a 20-year veteran of the westchester county department of corrections, retired. he suffered from a heart condition as well as copd. excuse me. >> take your time. [applause] >> it is kind of hard to talk about it appeared when you think about it, you s

my name is kenneth chamberlain, a junior in the son of kenneth chamberlain, senior. for those of you who do not know, my father was shot and killed by white police officers in new york. they were responding to a medical emergency. when he told them that he was ok, they insisted on gaining entry into my father's apartment. when he refused to let the men, they alternately broke down the door after using racial slurs and taunting him, they shot him twice in the chest and killed him. >> to give the people around the country an idea of your father's background. your father was home. they used a racial language, and you say. and they responded to a medical emergency. give us his background in terms of the type of man your father was and the medical condition he was then. >> just a quick background on my father. he was a retired marine. he was a 20 year veteran of the county department of corrections, retired. he suffered from a heart condition as well as copd. excuse me. >> take your time. [applause] >> is is kind of hard to talk about it because when you think about it, t

chamberlain would have been 69 years old yesterday. joining us this morning is his son, kennethwhat people find so surprising is that there is actually audio and video evidence in this case. often you hear these stories and it's a he said or police said and the other side is but in this case there's evidence. have you had a chance to see this evidence? >> i was given the opportunity by the westchester county d.a.'s office permitting myself and my attorneys to view the video and listen to the audio. >> video from the hallway camera? >> from the taser. i haven't seen any video from the hallway yet. >> the taser has video the minute you basically get ready to use it. take the safety off. what did the video from the taser show you? >> the video showed my father standing approximately maybe eight to ten feet away from the officer with the taser in his hand and it showed my father with his hands down with just boxers on. >> any weapon in his hand? >> we couldn't see a weapon. immediately they fired the taser. i guess one of the prongs went in but the other one didn't so you kept heari