The cousin of BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors, who was repeatedly shocked with a Taser by Los Angeles police, died from an enlarged heart and cocaine use, according to an autopsy report.
by Los Angeles police died from an enlarged heart and cocaine use, according to an autopsy report released Friday.
The specific manner of Anderson’s death was undetermined but the cause was listed as “effects of cardiomyopathy and cocaine use” and his death was “determined hours after restraint and conducted energy device use,” theThe family’s attorney, Carl Douglas, did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press on Friday evening seeking comment on the report.
He was visiting family members in Los Angeles when he was stopped on suspicion of causing a hit-and-run traffic accident in the Venice area, police said.An officer found Anderson “running in the middle of the street and exhibiting erratic behavior,” according to a police account. Police chased Anderson and he was shocked with a Taser at least six times during a struggle when he resisted arrest, police said.me,” Anderson said as an officer threatened to use a stun gun, which was repeatedly deployed seconds later as Anderson was face down on the pavement and begged for help, saying, “I’m not resisting.”
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