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VL Follow Up : NYPD Officer Involved in Taser Death Commits Suicide

10:19 H | Topics: Health - New York City

Last week, we wrote about Iman Morales, the man having a mental health crisis and instead of being helped by the New York City Police Department, he was tasered and fell to his death.

Yesterday, Morales was buried and early this morning, Lieutenant Michael Pigott, who gave the order to shoot Morales, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The NYPD quickly admitted that Emergency Service police should not have used a Taser on him while he was on a ledge, and two cops were disciplined.

On Wednesday, the Lieutenant had said he was "truly sorry for what happened" to Iman Morales, who was stunned with the Taser as he teetered on a building's ledge. The 50,000-volt shock caused him to topple 10 feet, headfirst, into a sidewalk. He died a shortly after from fatal injuries.

Via / NYT, Gothamist

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