Bodycam Footage Shows Police Shocking DC Teacher With Stun Gun Before He Died

A Washington DC teacher can be seen on bodycam footage yelling for help and resisting arrest in an encounter with police in Los Angeles who ultimately shock him with a stun gun before he went into cardiac arrest and died earlier this month.

Keenan Anderson LAPD encounter.

Photo Credit: Los Angeles Police Department

Cecilia Levine

01/13/2023 7:43 a.m.

Anderson, 31, had been wanted for possible DUI after a car crash on Venice and Lincoln Boulevards around 3:40 p.m. on Jan. 3, police said.

He apparently fled the scene on foot, was speaking unintelligently and was acting erratically, ignoring commands from police, they said.

"As officers contacted Anderson, he began to resist, resulting in a use of force," a news release says. "Officers struggled with Anderson for several minutes, utilizing a TASER, bodyweight, firm grips, and joint locks to overcome his resistance.

"Anderson was subsequently handcuffed and hobbled at the ankles."

LA firefighters rendered medical aid for deployment of the TASER, and he was taken to a hospital where he went into cardiac arrest and died, LAPD said.

Family attorney Carl Douglas told NBC he "clearly was not in his right might, yet he was handled with such force."

According to WUSA9, Anderson was in California visiting family and was a teacher at the Digital Pioneers Academy in Southeast D.C.

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