Keenan Anderson’s family files $50-million legal claim after tasing by LAPD
LA TimesAttorneys Benjamin Crump, left, and Carl Douglas, right, with Gabrielle Hansell, center, hold a news conference to announce filing a $50-million legal claim against the city of Los Angeles over the death of Keenan Anderson in Los Angeles on Friday. Civil rights lawyers acting on behalf of Keenan Anderson’s young son have filed a $50-million wrongful-death claim against the city of Los Angeles, alleging the 31-year-old teacher died as a result of “serious injuries” he suffered when an LAPD officer repeatedly tased him after a traffic collision. Saying the force that the officers used amounted to an “unlawful assault and battery,” the attorneys wrote in the claim that said Anderson suffered “serious injury and damages to his mind and body, and four and one-half hours later dies as a result of the injuries and damages he sustained at the hands of the LAPD police officers.” “Mr. “The six officers involved in the Anderson case were relieved of field duties at the time of the incident, and five have since returned,” the department said in a statement. The officers returning to the field, or remaining on leave, should not be interpreted as any final judgment of whether their actions were in or out of policy.” Several policing experts who reviewed the videos for The Times said the amount of force used by the officers seemed excessive given Anderson’s actions and that their tactics appeared haphazard.
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