LA Police Department to test new Tasers with longer range

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While they are intended to deliver a non-fatal electric shock, some people who have been shot with a Taser have died.

In January, Keenan Anderson, a 31-year-old teacher from Washington, D.C., died several hours after LAPD officers stopped him for a suspected hit-and-run,The L.A. County coroner’s office determined an enlarged heart and cocaine use contributed to Anderson’s death. The office did not rule his death a homicide, leaving it undetermined.

Anderson’s family filed a claim against the city the same month as his death. The claim is a precursor to a lawsuit. , the family’s attorney, Carl Anderson, said police should have been aware that after shocking him repeatedly, “moments later his heart would begin to flutter.”

 

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