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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’
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala has turned to the grand jury to investigate if he should file criminal charges against the officers in connection with the death of Rogers.
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s office will use a grand jury to investigate the death of Jim Rogers, who died in October after being tased at least eight times by Pittsburgh police in Bloomfield. Attorneys representing several officers in the case said they were notified by the DA’s office on
In October, Jim Rogers was tased by Pittsburgh Police eight times after authorities were called to respond to Rogers allegedly stealing, then returning, a bike...
Jim Rogers reportedly asked for help at least 13 times as he sat in the back of a Pittsburgh police vehicle after being stunned with a taser eight times on Oct. 13. For 17 minutes, Rogers banged his head off the seat and repeated, “‘I need a hospital, I can’t