Teacher and cousin of Black Lives Matter founder ‘Tased to death’ by LAPD

He needed help and was killed,' says Patrisse Cullors, as police are seen repeatedly using stun gun on him after traffic accident

A cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors was killed by Los Angeles police after he got in a traffic accident and officers who showed up repeatedly Tased and restrained him in the middle of the street, according to body-camera footage and his family's account.

Footage from the 3 January encounter released on Wednesday showed that Keenan Anderson, a 31-year-old high school teacher and father, was begging for help as multiple officers held him down, and at one point said, They're trying to George Floyd me." One officer had his elbow on Anderson's neck while he was lying down before another Tased him for roughly 30 seconds straight before pausing and Tasing him again for five more seconds.