Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Kenneth Anderson
Age : 42
Gender : Male
Race : Black
Date : 10/10/2021
Location : Unknown
City : Houston
County : Harris
State : Texas
Agency : Harris County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Taser
Event : Died during arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 10/10/2021, Harris County sheriff’s deputies encountered Kenneth Anderson at the scene of a vehicle crash in Houston, Texas. Deputies believed Anderson was experiencing a drug related medical crisis and placed him into custody. While detained, deputies reported that Anderson became uncooperative and deployed a Taser multiple times. Deputies restrained him and placed him in a patrol vehicle. Emergency medical personnel responded and found Anderson unresponsive but did not transport him to a hospital. Deputies then drove Anderson to the county booking center, where he remained unresponsive. He was transported to a hospital and later died. The incident prompted internal and civil review. A federal civil rights lawsuit was later dismissed after a court granted qualified immunity to the involved deputy.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/17/kenneth-anderson-houston-taser-death-lawsuit/
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/kenneth-anderson-harris-county-jail-death-17790455.php
https://www.propublica.org/article/harris-county-taser-death-kenneth-anderson
