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Lawyer: Taser cop's suicide note shows mental anguish
Quick ReadFormer NYPD Lt. Michael Pigott apologized to his wife and took responsibility for a fatal Tasering in Brooklyn in note.
Photo credit: File | Michael Pigott is seen outside his Sayville home just days before the city cop killed himself on Oct. 2, 2008.
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In Michael Pigott's last words - written in a letter to his wife and three children and dotted with exclamation points - the NYPD lieutenant wrote that he was "sorry for the mess" and took responsibility for giving the order to fire a Taser that caused an emotionally disturbed man to fall to his death.
"I was trying to protect my guys that day. . . . I can't bear to lose my family and go to...
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