In the moments after firing five bullets into the body of a runaway driver, then-St. Louis Police Officer Jason Stockley seemed to be in no hurry, newly released cell phone video shows.The footage, a series of three recordings obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, shows the West Point grad and decorated Army vet on December 20, 2011, walking almost casually back and forth between the rental car where Anthony Lamar Smith was slumped behind the wheel and a police SUV.
One of the first things Stockley does is take the AK-47 rifle authorities say he wasn't supposed to be carrying and stash it in the back of the SUV. He is later seen returning to the SUV's back seat before walking back to the rental, waiting for other officers to pull Smith's lifeless into the street and then crawling inside the car where he remains for about 30 seconds.
If he was really looking for first-aid supplies in the SUV and trying to save Smith's life, as his defenders contend, neither he nor the growing number officers who arrived on the scene showed any signs in the recording of needing to act quickly.
"There is no urgency in any of those officers who are circling (Smith's vehicle),"the Rev. Phillip Duvall told the Post-Dispatch.…