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Death of Keenan Anderson
Keenan Anderson was an African American man who died on January 3, 2023, about four and a half hours after he was restrained and tasered six times by a member of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). He was a cousin of Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Anderson was restrained due to suspicion of a hit-and-run and driving under the influence following a traffic collision and due to a witness testimony of an individual attempting to get in their car without their permission.
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The footage showed Anderson in a distressed state, telling the officer "somebody is trying to kill me", but the footage did not show any visible threat to Anderson.
"They're trying to George Floyd me!" Anderson said, referring to the murder of George Floyd by police in 2020.
He was a father, and he was the cousin of Patrisse Cullors, who co-founded the Black Lives Matter social movement.
At one point, one officer presses his forearm into Anderson's chest, with that officer's elbow on Anderson's neck, while another officer said: "watch your elbow, partner." An officer used a taser on Anderson, with the first two taser activations being fired from afar, which failed to make skin contact.
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