Another taser death

[WilliamPitt]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/nyregion/03taser.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Police Lieutenant in Taser Case Commits Suicide
By CHRISTINE HAUSER and SHARON OTTERMAN
Published: October 2, 2008

A New York City police lieutenant who gave the order to fire a Taser stun gun at an emotionally disturbed man who then fell to his death in Brooklyn committed suicide early on Thursday, law enforcement officials said.

Lt. Michael W. Pigott, a 21-year veteran of the force, was found in a police locker room at a former airfield in Brooklyn, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, said Paul Browne, the police department’s deputy commissioner for public information.

“On behalf of all of the members of the New York City Police Department, I extend deepest condolences to the family and friends of Lt. Michael W. Pigott who served with dedication for 21 years,” Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said in a statement.

More: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/nyregion/03taser.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

[amdezurik]

1. conflicted on this

It was bad enough the man on the roof was murdered by those actions, now we have this.

[crim son]

2. Jesus H. Christ.

So much for making snap judgements about the officers involved. The world has gone crazy.