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Lawyer: Taser cop's suicide note shows mental anguish

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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