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The family of a homeless man who died after being shocked with a Taser by Pittsburgh police at least 10 times in less than four minutes has reached an $8 million settlement with the City of Pittsburgh in its wrongful death lawsuit, an attorney said Thursday. Jim Rogers, 54, died

Keith Edmonds did not realise one of his victims was recording him with a mobile phone.

PITTSBURGH – The City of Pittsburgh has denied liability in litigation between itself and the estate of a deceased man, who was tasered nine times by a local police officer due to being initially considered a suspect in a bicycle theft and who later died from his injuries.

Harrisburg High School officials handed out 500 suspension notices as part of the new principal’s crackdown. About 1,100 students are enrolled in the school.

PITTSBURGH – Litigation between the estate of a deceased man, who was tasered nine times by a local police officer due to being initially considered a suspect in a bicycle theft and who later died from his injuries, and the City of Pittsburgh has been stayed, in order for the parties to resolve the dispute.

PITTSBURGH – The estate of a deceased man, who was tasered nine times by a Pittsburgh police officer due to being initially considered a suspect in a bicycle theft and who later died from his injuries, is now suing the City of Pittsburgh and the officers involved in the incident.

The five officers fired in the death of Jim Rogers are now fighting that decision.

The estate of a man who died in October a day after being tased by Pittsburgh police filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit Monday against the city and the officers on the scene that day. The complaint, filed by James Frierson, who is serving as the administrator of Jim Rogers’

A spokesperson for Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey says the filing of a lawsuit will allow the city to turn over police bodycam video to the Rogers family.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey called for police reform after the taser death of Jim Rogers, a Black man, 54, by five police officers.