From [HERE] and [HERE] Anthony Anderson is laid to rest days after his mysterious death. Now, people in his East Baltimore neighborhood are rallying for a thorough investigation and justice. Police say the 46-year-old died during a routine drug arrest, but witnesses say his death came as a result of injuries during what they call a violent arrest.

Late night on September 21, Baltimore City police say Anthony Anderson was stopped on suspicion of drug possession. During the arrest, they say he tried to get rid of the pills. “The officers indicated they witnessed him putting what they belief to be drugs in his mouth during that time,” Anthony Guglielmi, spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department, said.

Police claim Anthony Anderson choked. But witnesses who saw the arrest, including family members, say that’s not how it happened. “Picked him up and slammed him on his head,” one witness explained. “Guy never looked back or anything. He didn’t even see the police coming,” Keith Johnson, who witnessed the arrest, said.  Last Friday afternoon, witnesses say Anderson was leaving a bar on Biddle Street, walking across the lot when he was confronted by plainclothes police.