A five-year-old boy is suing police for $50million following the death of his dad who was tasered six times as he begged for help.
Keenan Anderson, 31, also a cousin of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, Patrisse Cullors, was a suspect in a hit-and-run traffic accident in Venice, Los Angeles, US, on January 3, according to police.
The high school English teacher, from Washington, initially complied with officers' orders as they investigated whether he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
However, he later fled and officers chased him into the middle of the street where he was pinned down by officers and tasered six times in less than a minute.
When Keenan was pinned to the ground by officers and repeatedly shook, in video released by police, he begged for help.
He said: "They're trying to kill me. They're trying to George Floyd me."
The bodycam footage show a police officer pressing his forearm on the teacher' chest and an elbow in his neck.
He suffered a cardiac arrest just four hours later and died after officers tasered him.
And now his son, Syncere Kai Anderson, 5, is suing Los Angeles police for wrongful death and civil rights violations.
Lawyer Carl Douglas, representing the boy, said at a news conference: "If you Taser someone with 50,000 watts of electrical energy six times ... is there really any wonder that moments later his heart will begin to flutter?
"Is there any wonder why four hours later his heart could no longer withstand the pressure from that Taser and gave up, leaving a 5-year-old boy in his wake?"
The young boy was stood next to his mum, Gabrielle Hansell, along with their lawyers as they filed their claim against the police.
After he was subdued, Keenan was transported to a hospital, where he died more than four hours later.
Lawyer Ben Crump representing the family said: "We can only wonder what Keenan Anderson meant.
"But if he meant that he would end up dead at the end of the encounter at the hands of the Los Angeles Police Department then Keenan Anderson was correct. They George Floyd him."
The dad's death has sparked outrage with many calling for the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department to resign, while an investigation is ongoing.
Black Lives Matter supporters protested the officers' actions outside the LAPD headquarters last week.
