The deaths have renewed calls from activists and lawmakers for police reforms around mental health calls and traffic stops.
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors was joined by council members Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto Martinez and Marqueece Harris-Dawson as she called for unarmed responses to mental health crises. Her cousin, 31-year-old Keenan Anderson, died Jan. 3 after police tased him four times within the span of about 30 seconds.LAPD Chief Michel Moore claimed Anderson had been involved in a traffic collision and was attempting to flee.
In police body-cam video released last week, Anderson appears distraught and says at one point that someone is trying to kill him. In other incidents, Takar Smith and Oscar Leon Sanchez appeared to be experiencing a mental health crisis when they were fatally shot by LAPD officers. All three died within the first week of 2023. On Tuesday, Black Lives Matter LA co-founder Melina Abdullah called for Moore to be removed from office.
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