A teacher tased by the LAPD died of an enlarged heart and cocaine use, coroner says

“…Lawyers Benjamin Crump, left, and Carl Douglas, right, held a news conference in January to announce their filing of a $50 million claim against the city of Los Angeles over the death of Keenan Anderson, who is pictured on posters…

…Keenan Anderson, a Black man who was repeatedly tased by police officers following a January traffic collision, died from the effects of an enlarged heart and cocaine use, the Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner said.

Anderson, a 31-year-old high school teacher and father from Washington, D.C., was also the cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors.

The coroner determined his cause of death “hours after restraint and conducted energy device [CED] use,'” the department said in a news release on Friday.

Body camera footage captured the moments leading up to Anderson’s death
On Jan. 3, Anderson was trying to get help after a car crash in Venice, Calif., when he was chased, held down by multiple officers and tased for over 90 seconds. He’d been in California visiting family.

Anderson was the suspect in a hit-and-run crash when he was stopped by police. He later ran from officers and resisted arrest, police said.

The responding officer observed Anderson “running in the middle of the street and exhibiting erratic behavior,” according to a police account released alongside edited body camera footage of the incident…”