Posted on 06/05/2023 2:48:10 AM PDT by grundle
"The cause of death for 31-year-old Keenan Darnell Anderson as effects of cardiomyopathy (enlarged heart) and cocaine use"
The Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner announced on Friday that Black Lives Matter (BLM) co-founder Patrisse Cullors' cousin Keenan Anderson's death occurred due to the effects of an enlarged heart and cocaine use.
"The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner determined the cause of death for 31-year-old Keenan Darnell Anderson as effects of cardiomyopathy (enlarged heart) and cocaine use (death determined hours after restraint and conducted energy device [CED] use); the manner of death is undetermined," the group announced in a news release.
Anderson's family filed a $50 million lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles for wrongful death and civil rights violations. According to NPR, the family said they still plan to continue with the lawsuit after the findings were released.
"An unarmed Black man, in obvious mental distress, was savagely attacked and repeatedly tased, in clear violation of LAPD policy by several trained officers," they claimed, adding that "the innocent life of a little five-year-old boy will be forever changed as a result."
Cullors responded to the report by saying, "My cousin was alive when he flagged the police. And after his interaction with the police, he was dead," she continued, "This idea that the coroner is unable to determine how he died is unacceptable. And to point to the substances and point to the enlarged heart and not to the tasers is very, very disturbing."
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement, “Keenan Anderson was a father, a son, a brother, a cousin, and an educator of young people. He was loved and he is missed." She added, "I remain committed to expanding the public safety system to include health professionals and to ensuring LAPD officers receive the best possible training to assist people in crisis."
“The coroner raises questions that still must be answered and I await the result of the investigation already underway. I know that in this time of pain it sometimes feels like there is no hope, but we must turn the pain into concrete, substantive change – and we will,” Bass concluded.
Anderson died on January 3 after being tased by police as he was being arrested for allegedly committing felony hit & run and attempted auto theft. Toxicology reports showed that he had cocaine and cannabis in his system at the time.
Police showed up to the 31-year-old running in the middle of the street and acting erratically after he caused a car accident. While being arrested he yelled, "They're trying to kill me," and "They're trying to George Floyd me."
Police used a Taser on Anderson, and his activist cousin later blamed the police for his death. "LAPD has killed three people this year," she said. "One of them is my family member. Keenan deserves to be alive right now, his child deserves to be raised by his father. Keenan we will fight for you and for all of our loved ones impacted by state violence."
BLM gained national attention after the death of George Floyd while in police custody, sparking riots in the summer of 2020. Cullors stepped down from the organization in May 2021 after a scandal emerged surrounding a $1.4 million California home she purchased in 2021.
It’s been similarly ‘revealed’ that George Floyd’s death was caused by a fentanyl overdose be[fore his arrest. Isn’t it odd that has never been headlined?
“BLM gained national attention after the death of George Floyd while in police custody, sparking riots in the summer of 2020. Cullors stepped down from the organization in May 2021 after a scandal emerged surrounding a $1.4 million California home she purchased in 2021.”
What does a 1.4 million-dollar California home look like, I wonder?
Why does it matter what killed him.
The police were involved so it is all their fault.
Just pay us money.
/S/
It’s been “headlined” all over FR and conservative media.
We will never know if the high dose of fentynol would have killed Floyd. Derick Chauvin’s incompetence in subduing a perp on drugs, like how thousands of cops do each day without killing their suspect, robbed the world of finding out for certain.
We talk often about bad LEOs. That gets lots of attention. The left painted Chauvin as a racist. The facts revealed Chauvin to be an incompetent LEO. But the unthinking right didn’t like that narrative, because they feared it wasn’t strong enough to defend against the racism narrative, so they went with drugs because ya know, culture wars and stuff.
What does that have to do with what his cousin does?
BTTT
Yep, what does that make the police?
They need to appeal/ justice needs to intervene and get those men out of jail and their lives restored.
As in a similar situation as St. Floyd, "An unarmed Black man, in obvious mental distress, was savagely attacked and
repeatedly tased, in clear violation of LAPD policy by several trained officers."
So, there you have it. Anderson's family has just hit the 'racist cop lottery.'
The police officers involved will be justly pilloried for their sins of whiteness, and the Anderson family will get their new home in Malibu. /s
Not much.
One less rotten criminal to worry about.
I hope there is video ...
I just love me some good taser video
If you tasered me after I snorted cocaine while running from the cops cause I caused a hit-and-run? Ima have a heart attack too!
“An unarmed Black man, in obvious mental distress, was savagely attacked and repeatedly tased, in clear violation of LAPD policy by several trained officers,”
Does it make him special because he’s black? So what? Nobody would care if he was white? Keep pushing.
Obviously, the cops hunted him down and murdered him because they hated the color of the skin. /S/ Or, maybe this is obvious grift. They will probably win in court, depending on if the jury also hates the color of the skin or not.
Hit-and-run drivers should all be tasered like crazy.
He still didn’t get enough.
I know someone who lost two legs to a hit-and-run driver, who never turned himself in. Barely survived.
Legal argument and protest movement, coming up:
*Persons of color who commit crimes, flee police, and violently resist arrest are likely to be coked or otherwise doped up.
*Same persons are likely to have hypertension, heart disease from natural causes and/or drug abuse, and other health problems.
*Therefore they are more liable to die when tasered or wrestled.
*Therefore police arresting criminals of color who resist arrest is tantamount to murder; police should just let them go.
Yo your last question. The answer is not much. It maybe where it’s located but the home will be a single story two or three bedroom. Might be an Eivler most likely not
Cocaine, running all ‘round his brain.
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