Update: Today the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office announced that the Ohio Attorney General would be handling the Tanisha Anderson case as a special prosecutor. The county sheriff’s department began its investigation last summer.
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Original story 1/2/2015: Today, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that the death of Tanisha Anderson was a homicide. She died due to “physical restraint” while being held in a prone position, according to the office. Her cause of death was also linked to ischemic heart disease and “Bipolar disorder with agitation.”
Anderson, 37, was involved in a family dispute on Ansel Road on Cleveland’s east side Nov. 13. Police were called, and, after discussion with the family, officers handcuffed the woman and escorted her to a cruiser to be taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. After resisting, she went limp, according to police officers on the scene.
Along with the shooting death of Tamir Rice, Anderson’s death has been taken up as a cause of protest against the Cleveland Police Department’s ongoing pattern of excessive force (as detailed by the U.S. Department of Justice).
This article appears in Dec 31, 2014 – Jan 6, 2015.
I just can’t understand why so many Black Americans can’t understand.
When your given an order by a police officer you do what they say. Argue your case after you post your Bond.
You will never have problems again.
What is so hard about this.
Oh yeah don’t point a gun at the police either.
Every situation you see these days involves young Black Americans who just don’t get it.
and they die. Sorry but until people wake up it won’t change.
Why do they keep showing a picture of her in her high school graduation outfit? She was 37! is there no more recent picture of this person???