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Webster’s lapel camera footage, which jurors watched Wednesday afternoon, recorded him telling the driver of a motorcycle he had just pulled over, “There’s about six other officers coming right now to put you on the ground.”

But Clark suggested that his client, who was wearing a helmet at the time, misunderstood the officer and thought his life was in danger.

“His end is coming if he doesn’t do something,” Clark told the jury.

Lymon didn’t know the motorcycle he was riding was stolen, Clark said, and, in fact, he contended it had not been reported stolen. He didn’t have outstanding warrants or any reason to run or fight. But as soon as Webster got out of his vehicle, he had his gun pointed at Lymon’s head and was shouting commands, Clark said. Lymon is heard asking why the officer is standing on his foot and Webster replies, “This is how I control you.”

“Sir, I don’t need to be controlled,” Lymon replies, according to Clark.

Clark said Lymon was attempting to balance the motorcycle with a passenger on board as the officer stood on his foot. Lymon calls out repeatedly he is hurt as the officer tried to cuff him.

“I’d like you to pay careful attention to how polite and the amount of deference that my client is giving this police officer until he hears, ‘There are six guys coming … (to) put you in the ground.’ ” Clark said. “It’s a situation of self-defense.”

Moments later, shots ring out.

Kenneth Stalter, a prosecutor with the state Attorney General’s Office, said the traffic stop that night was treated as high-risk because it involved a motorcycle he said had been reported stolen, and that’s the reason Webster had his gun drawn as he approached.

When Webster attempted to handcuff a combative Lymon, his gun, Taser and baton were holstered. And, Stalter said, Webster’s gun was not fired that night.

He argued that Webster was killed simply for doing his job – a job Lymon did not want him to do.

“On that night, the defendant made the decision that instead of getting arrested he was going to take a .40-caliber handgun and pull the trigger one, two, three, four, five, six times,” he said.

After the first few shots, Webster attempted to take cover behind his car. And as Lymon ran from the parking lot, Stalter said, he “gets a clear line of sight” and fired a final shot.

Lymon was found hiding in a backyard nearby, a pair of handcuffs hanging from his left wrist.

Webster, who suffered four gunshot wounds, died days later.

Jurors also heard testimony from Katherine Wright, an APD officer who responded to the scene of Webster’s shooting. She said Webster’s conduct that night was not inconsistent with their training.

The trial resumes today and is scheduled to stretch into late April.