Pittsburgh officer fired in connection with the Jim Rogers tasing case returns to force
A Pittsburgh Police officer fired 18 months ago in connection with the Jim Rogers tasing case has been reinstated.
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A Pittsburgh Police officer fired 18 months ago in connection with the Jim Rogers tasing case has been reinstated.
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.
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.
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey called for police reform after the taser death of Jim Rogers, a Black man, 54, by five police officers.