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Michael Pigott
Lt. Michael W. Pigott is the police officer who killed himself after he used a Taser stun gun on Iman Morales, causing him to fall 10 approximately 10 feet to his death.
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The widow of a cop who killed himself after he ordered the fatal Tasering of a deranged man sued the NYPD Monday because it "smeared" her husband.
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Michael Pigott The widow of NYPD Lieutenant Michael Pigott, who killed himself a week after issuing a fatal command to Taser a mentally disturbed man, is suing the city. Her lawyers are arguing that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and NYPD spokesman Paul Browne contributed to his suicide by making him a scapegoat for the Sept. 24, 2008 incident, in which a naked bipolar man fell one story to his death after being Tasered. Court papers...
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From gothamist.com
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Michael Pigott Michael Pigott, the NYPD lieutenant who gave the order to fire a Taser that resulted in the death of an emotionally disturbed man, took responsibility for his actions - to the very end.
Newsday shared some of the lieutenant's last words, which were hand-written in a suicide note to his wife and three children. He wrote, "I was trying to protect my guys that day... I can't bear to lose my family and go to jail." The note...
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Joel Cairo / Newsday In this Nov. 9 photo, Susan Pigott holds a photo of her husband, New York Police Department Lt. Michael Pigott, after a news conference at her attorney's office in Bohemia, New York. Pigott filed a lawsuit...
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From blog.syracuse.com
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NEW YORK — Michael Pigott was an experienced NYPD lieutenant with an elite team trained to deal with the most hostile scenarios. He was calm under pressure. A good leader.
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(By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press Writer) Michael Pigott was an experienced NYPD lieutenant with an elite team trained to deal with the most hostile scenarios. He was calm under pressure. A good leader.Last fall, Pigott responded to a call of a naked man teetering on a building ledge and jabbing at officers below with a long fluorescent light bulb. Among New York police work, not an extraordinary case. Pigott made a split decision to order an...
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From charlotteobserver.com
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By COLLEEN LONG
Associated Press
Michael Pigott was an experienced NYPD lieutenant with an elite team trained to deal with the most hostile scenarios. He was calm under pressure. A good leader.
Last fall, Pigott responded to a call of a naked man teetering on a building ledge and . . .Full Story
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