Black Lives Matter co-founder blames LAPD for cousin’s death
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has accused the Los Angeles Police Department of killing her cousin during a traffic stop. Black Lives Matter co -founder Patrisse Cullors has claimed the Los Angeles Police Department is responsible for her cousin 's death during a traffic stop. Cullors said on Instagram on Tuesday that her cousin , Keenan Anderson, was killed in Venice, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, on Jan. 3. "My cousin was an educator and worked with high school-aged children. He was an English teacher," Cullors said. MORE: Racial disparities in traffic fatalities wider than previously estimated: Study According to the LAPD, an officer was flagged for a traffic collision on Venice Boulevard on Jan. 3 when he saw Anderson "running in the middle of the street and exhibiting erratic behavior." The LAPD said people in the accident told the officer that Anderson had caused the crash. In this Feb. 11, 2019, file photo, producer Patrisse Cullors att...