A cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder, Patrisse Cullors, was killed by Los Angeles police after he got in a traffic accident, LIB reports.
Officers who showed up following the car collision repeatedly tased him while restraining him in the middle of the street, according to body-camera footage and his family’s account.
Footage from the encounter on January 3 was released on Wednesday, January 11.
It showed Keenan Anderson, a 31-year-old high school teacher and father, begging for help as multiple officers held him down.
At one point, he is heard saying: ‘They’re trying to George Floyd me.’
‘My cousin was asking for help, and he didn’t receive it. He was killed,’ Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors told the Guardian after watching the LAPD footage.
‘Nobody deserves to die in fear, panicking and scared for their life. My cousin was scared for his life.
‘He spent the last 10 years witnessing a movement challenging the killing of Black people. He knew what was at stake and he was trying to protect himself. Nobody was willing to protect him.
the officer told him to go on the sidewalk, and issued commands, saying, ‘get up against the wall.’
Anderson held his hands up, responding, ‘I didn’t mean to. I’m sorry.’
Anderson complied with the officer’s commands and sat down on the sidewalk.
After a few minutes, he appeared to be concerned with the officer’s behavior, saying, ‘I want people to see me,’ and ‘You’re putting a thing on me.’
While he was being tased, Anderson repeatedly said, ‘Help me,’ as the officer told him to stop resisting.
Paramedics later arrived at the scene and took him to a hospital where, according to the LAPD, he went into cardiac arrest four and a half hours later and died.
Watch the video below:
