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Family of man killed in police incident files $50m claim

Lawyer Carl Douglas, right, holds a news conference with Gabrielle Hansel and her son, five-year-old Syncere Kai Anderson, to announce they will file a $50m damages claim in the death of Keenan Anderson [Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo]

Lawyers for the five-year-old son of a man who died in the United States after Los Angeles police repeatedly shocked him with a stun gun have filed a $50m claim for damages against the city.

The claim is required before Keenan Anderson’s son can sue the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for civil rights violations after officers Tasered his father six times in less than a minute to subdue him on January 3.

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