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cop who ordered the naked man tazered, commits suicide

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Deank

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26989171/

New York Police Department lieutenant apparently committed suicide Thursday, days after he ordered another officer to fire a stun gun at a naked, distraught man who then fell to his death, police said.

Lt. Michael W. Pigott was found at a former airfield in Brooklyn, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said.

"On behalf of all the members of the New York Police Department, I extend deepest condolence to the family and friends of Lt. Michael W. Pigott, who served with dedication after 21 years," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in a statement after the family of the officer was notified of his death.

grumpy old man

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I suspect he was a little unstable to begin with based upon the judgment he used at the tazering. Too bad though. These folks have a very difficult job to do. The stress this incident brought on was obviously too much to bear.

Deank

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Accidently killing a scumbag criminal while trying to aprehend him is one thing, killing an innocent, handicapped person who did not really understand what was happening is quite another.

Freeman

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Most of us make a mistake at work and big deal. Someone doesn't get paid, their system is down for some extra time, etc.
This guy made a mistake and someone died. Tell me that they're just public employees.

Deank

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note the difference in the way it is in Canada and the states.

In canada Cop on the street makes the decision in New york.. the head guy made the call... and he was not there...

FlyingRat

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Where was this Lt at the time of the tazering incident? I didn't see a reference whether or not he was attending the scene.

Deank

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he was directing from head quarters I seem to recall from the first note about this.

AGEsAces

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What you have to remember, tazering is a "non-lethal" form of control.

Whether he was there or not...the decision was probably made to tazer the guy, because it was easier than trying to wrestle with him, and less dangerous for the officer(s) on the scene.

The fact that after tazering him, the guy fell to his death really has nothing to do with tazering...it has to do with being close enough to a location where the guy could fall.

The officer probably killed himself because he was distraught over the circumstances...but had the guy survived the tazering itself...and not fallen to his death...the officer would probably be just fine.

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Freeman

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Sad conclusion all around. Two deaths in a situation where no one wanted to get hurt.

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Yes very sad not up to date with the whole story but have heard enough , can't understand what this cop was thinking when he tazered the man

FlyingRat

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Pavolo wrote:Yes very sad not up to date with the whole story but have heard enough , can't understand what this cop was thinking when he tazered the man
He was thinking, okay LT, you say so.....

rosencrentz

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If an officer causes a death , by tasering, and then has to take his own life, perhaps there would be fewer deaths of people who die after being tasered!
It seems like an appropriate action to me!
I think that there have been over 30 deaths in Canada from being tasered, all of which the person certainly did not deserve to die!
Hasn't the Taser company been found responsible in only 1 of the 1000 deaths?

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AGEsAces wrote:What you have to remember, tazering is a "non-lethal" form of control.

Whether he was there or not...the decision was probably made to tazer the guy, because it was easier than trying to wrestle with him, and less dangerous for the officer(s) on the scene.

The fact that after tazering him, the guy fell to his death really has nothing to do with tazering...it has to do with being close enough to a location where the guy could fall.

The officer probably killed himself because he was distraught over the circumstances...but had the guy survived the tazering itself...and not fallen to his death...the officer would probably be just fine.

I dont know about you, but If I was a police officer and I had to taser someone, I would not take my own life because I felt bad. I wonder how many vet's of WW1 and WW2 came back after killing people and felt bad, they all didn't kill themselves.

IMHO, For the cop to kill himself shows that he should not have been a police officer in the first place. Every one in this world has made a bad decision, the planet would be better off if everyone who ever felt bad about a decision committed suicide. Devoid of Human life too I might add.

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Yes maybe he should have not been a cop but shooting some one in fear and tasering someone for what seemed like no real reason is totally different no.
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