Man Tasered by NYPD Falls Off Building Onto His Head, Dies

[PhilDernerJr]

Kenny has a point about him being fed to the wolves. I can agree with that part. Saying Kelly should off himself as well..... a bit extreme.

Either way, more tragedy added to this situation is horrible. RIP LT.

[NIKV69]

Though I don't fully agree with Kenny I agree it was handled horribly. His info should not have been leaked and it should have been kept confidential until an investigation was completed. This man made a wrong decision that led to a mans death but he was thrown to the wolves. The whole situation is stinks. Even though his mistake caused a mans death he had 21 good years on the force, they could have him resign with some sort of pension and honor.

[Derf]

I agree Nick...and that was well put! :borat:

[emshighway]

Police Lt. in Deadly Taser Case Commits Suicide
By Christine Hauser – Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 ‘The New York Times’

A New York City police lieutenant who gave the order to fire a Taser stun gun at a man who then fell to his death in Brooklyn committed suicide at Floyd Bennett Field early on Thursday, law enforcement sources said. The lieutenant, Michael Pigott, a 21-year veteran of the force, had been placed on modified assignment without his gun and badge after he gave the order to a sergeant to fire the Taser at a Bedford-Stuyvesant man, Iman Morales.

Mr. Morales, naked and with apparent signs of emotionally disturbance, fell to his death from a building ledge after an officer shot him with the Taser, at the instruction of Lieutenant Pigott. Mr. Morales had been yelling at passers-by and swinging a long light bulb tube at officers before he fell.

The department announced that the use of the Taser appeared to violate departmental rules, and a new commander of the Emergency Service Unit was named. Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly also emphasized the need for additional training.

Asked about the development on Thursday morning, the chief spokesman for the police department, Paul J. Browne, said only: “A New York City police lieutenant was killed this morning apparently as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” he said. “The identification is being withheld pending family notification.”

Mr. Browne declined to comment further.

It was not immediately clear where the weapon used for the suicide came from. Lieutenant Pigott was assigned to modified duty, which meant that his service weapon was taken from him, and he was also not assigned to the training that was taking place at Floyd Bennett Field, which Mr. Kelly had ordered after the Taser death last week.