Tasered Man Gets Funeral Thursday, Cops Get Retrained

Funeral services will be held Thursday for the disturbed man who fell to his death last week after being Tasered by police. The NYPD's entire Emergency Service Unit was retrained today on proper Taser procedures, although police Commissioner Ray Kelly says the man's death was a mistake in judgment, not a product of poor training. He tells Newsday, "We think the training they receive is sound. We're human beings. Sometimes we make mistakes. Reporters make mistakes. People on Wall Street make mistakes." The lieutenant who ordered the Taser shot, Michael Pigott, has been stripped of his badge and gun, and according to the Post, he gave the order when the man, Inman Morales, began poking at another officer with a florescent light bulb. The officer, who was standing on the fire escape, "wasn't tied in [securely]" and was in danger, the unidentified source claims.

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By John Del Signore in News on September 29, 2008 5:22 PM

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Felix Hoenikker

The cop on the fire escape should have used a fishing gaff instead of the tazer.

west side Michael

If I were on that jury I would give his family

25 million dollars for their loss!

But that's why defendants don't like artists on

the malpractice (say M.D.or NYPD )jury,but we are

loved by the injured parties lawyers" we would give em everything".

That's what a lawyer friend told me.

Spirit of 76

What was the other cop doing on the fire escape anyway? Was he close enough to grab Morales? There's no clothing for him to grab onto. If they had retreated to a safer distance, would that have endangered anyone? I think the moral of the story is that cops care about other cops more than they care about civilians.

Outter Burrougher

nice swipe at wall street, though.

ThisCharmingMan

they will kill you if given the chance.

Jen Chung

Um, a man died... a mistake, yes. But what bothers me is that they ordered the airbag but didn't wait. Sure, a cop was being poked, but it appeared he was on a fire escape, whereas Morales was on a ledge.

interlard

So if the officer had tied him/herself in securely, that would have worked, too. Alternatively, hold onto the fire escape rail?

I think you've got to be pretty retarded to Taser someone standing on a ledge. If you've seen gravity before, you know what happens next.

I think there should be a trail and a jury can decide.