A mentally ill Ohio woman is dead after a Cleveland police officer allegedly slammed her head into the pavement right outside her family’s home.
The incident began when Tanesha Anderson’s family called police
explaining she was creating a disturbance. The 37-year-old woman
was mentally ill and suffered from bipolar disorder and
schizophrenia. After police came to the house, a discussion
followed in which it was agreed that Anderson would go to
hospital for an evaluation.
Police reports and witnesses agree on what happened up until this
point, but not on what followed next.
According to the family, officers went too far, and during a
struggle one of them slammed Anderson to the sidewalk, where she
died.
“They killed my sister,” her 40-year-old brother, Joell
Anderson, told the Cleveland Plain Dealer with tears in his eyes.
“I watched it.”
According to police, the officers escorted Anderson to a police
vehicle, where she began to actively resist them. Officers placed
her in handcuffs and tried to put her in the back of the squad
car.
“The woman began to kick at officers,” Sgt. Ali Pillow
said in a press release. “A short time later the woman
stopped struggling and appeared to go limp. Officers found a
faint pulse on the victim and immediately called EMS.”
Not just #Ferguson.
3 days ago #Cleveland
cops killed #TaneshaAnderson,
slammed her head on the ground, in handcuffs. http://t.co/ug8kZ2Pu2Y
— Shawn Carrié (@shawncarrie) November
16, 2014
However, Joell Anderson disagreed.
“She was more of a danger to herself than others,” he
said to the newspaper.
Anderson agreed that the two male officers escorted his sister to
the car, but said she sat herself in the backseat before she
became nervous about the confined space and tried to get out.
Police struggled to keep her in the car, and an officer
eventually drew a Taser. The brother said he begged the officer
not to use the weapon on his sister.
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Tanesha Anderson called out for her brother and mother while an
officer repeatedly pressed down on her head to get her into the
backseat. After several attempts, the officer used a takedown
move to force her to the pavement, Joell Anderson said.
“The officer placed his knee on Tanesha’s back and handcuffed
her. She never opened her eyes or spoke another word,” the
brother said.
#TaneshaAnderson
must get the same fight as #EricGarner#MikeBrown#JohnCrawford
We will not accept another life taken by police violence.
— Million Hoodies (@MillionHoodies) November
18, 2014
Anderson described how he asked the officers for help with his
unconscious sister, but they refused until a female officer
called to the scene arrived. His sister lay on the sidewalk for
20 minutes until the ambulance arrived. Anderson was taken to
Cleveland Clinic, where she was pronounced dead.
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The Cleveland Division of Police Use of Deadly Force
Investigation Team is now investigating the case, but the
officers involved have not been suspended or put on desk duty.
The medical examiner has not yet determined what killed Tanesha
Anderson.
Add name to our list #TaneshaAnderson
another #EricGarner
situation, damn do we even call the police anymore4help!
http://t.co/OvKedFqhhe
— LIFE IS PRECIOUS (@SMoKeeGyRL) November
17, 2014
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