United States: death of a black teacher after his arrest, in Los Angeles

Will the Los Angeles police have to face a new George Floyd case, after the death of Kennan Anderson?

AP - Jae C. Hong

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Fears of a new George Floyd case are gripping America: a black teacher has died after being tasered by Los Angeles police officers.

It was early January, but the videos of the arrest, recorded by the on-board cameras of the officers, have just been made public.

And above all, the man is the cousin of the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, which fights precisely against police violence against blacks.

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With our correspondent in New York,

The police officer had stopped following a banal road accident involving Kennan Anderson.

This father, a 31-year-old black teacher, is visibly agitated on the video, he has trouble sitting down as the policeman asks him.

He says he wants to be " 

 ", runs for that in the middle of the road.

But his agitation forces the policeman to raise his voice, two other officers join him and tackle him to the ground - they use their body weights, as well as a Taser to immobilize him.

All the while, Kennan Anderson is calling for help, shouting that they're "

him", to make him

.

None of the police warnings calmed the young man and he was subjected to electric shocks from the Taser gun for at least 30 seconds in a row, before succumbing to cardiac arrest in the ambulance.

The Black Lives Matter co-founder has accused Los Angeles police of " 

" her cousin.

She said that traces of cocaine and cannabis were found in Kennan Anderson's blood.

The city's African-American mayor called for the immediate suspension of the officers involved pending the outcome of investigations.

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