Black Lives Matter demands LAPD no longer be sent to minor traffic incidents after death of Keenan Anderson.
Black Lives Matter co-founders Patrisse Cullors and Melina Abdullah are demanding that Los Angeles police officers no longer be dispatched to minor traffic incidents and are calling for additional actions following the cardiac arrest death ofA preliminary toxicology-blood screen of Anderson’s blood samples tested positive for cocaine and marijuana, according to LAPD, but members of Black Lives Matter believe Anderson would still be alive had officers not used what BLM considered excessive force.
About two dozen people attended the news conference, where Black Lives Matter members made these five demands:– Remove police from traffic stops, mental health crises, schools, transportation facilities “and every place that they obviously don’t belong,” Abdullah said. But currently, Harris-Dawson said, “We do not respond to mental health calls with mental health care. We respond with guns and badges and blaring lights and shouting and commands that people may or may not be in a position to adhere to.”
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