A man died Tuesday after officers used a Taser on him while trying to arrest him in Venice, LAPD officials said Friday
The Los Angeles Police Department said the man refused several orders to drop a sharp metal object and moved toward officers.As additional officers arrived, Anderson suddenly fled, running down the middle of Venice Boulevard, the release said.
Officers chased and caught up to him, then struggled with him for several minutes, using a Taser, their body weight, “firm grips and joint locks,” the release said. The officers handcuffed Anderson and “hobbled” him at the ankles. Los Angeles Fire Department personnel treated Anderson at the scene “for deployment of the Taser” and he was taken to a hospital in Santa Monica, according to the news release.Anderson’s death, which the LAPD has classified as an in-custody death, is being investigated by the department’s Force Investigation Division.who was armed with a sharp metal object in South Los Angeles, according to the LAPD.
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