MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful death and excessive force lawsuit filed by the family of Jawan Dallas, an Alabama man who died after police shocked him with a Taser multiple times in 2023. U.S. District Court Judge Kristi K. DuBose ruled Tuesday that the use of force against Dallas was objectively reasonable. The court also unsealed body camera footage that had not been previously released to the public. Dallas, 36, died on July 2, 2023, after being shocked while officers attempted to detain him. His death prompted protests in Mobile. In her ruling, DuBose cited a medical examiner’s finding that Dallas primarily died from “acute myocardial ischemia and cardiorespiratory failure caused by mixed drug toxicity – including toxicity from the presence of methamphetamine.” “Unfortunately, Mr. Dallas died from a heart attack approximately twenty minutes after he was handcuffed,” DuBose wrote. Lawyers for Dallas’s family disagreed with the decision and said they plan to appeal to the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. “The video evidence is striking,” the family’s lawyers said in a statement. “Jawan Dallas endured a taser/drive stun for about 44 seconds, which is longer than the recommended time, and tragically lost his life though he was not the person accused of trespassing.” According to the ruling, the medical examiner found three abrasions consistent with dry stun injuries and six punctures on Dallas’s back, four of which were consistent with “deeper” Taser probe injuries. The encounter began when officers responded to a report of a possible burglary and trespassing at a trailer park. Dallas was in his vehicle when an officer demanded he get out and produce identification, according to the video. Dallas appears to tell the officer, “That’s illegal.” He was then pulled from the car and a scuffle ensued. “Please, please, I can’t breathe,” Dallas is heard saying on audio from the body camera footage. Lawyers for the officers and the city had argued that Dallas resisted arrest. An expert hired by the Dallas family, however, said he was not resisting but reacting to the burning pain from the Taser. The dismissal ends the family’s civil case against the city and the two officers. The appeal will test whether the 11th Circuit finds the force reasonable under the circumstances.