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Taser cop widow: NYPD 'ripped his heart out'
Quick ReadThe wife of a NYPD cop who committed suicide last year said he was distraught after giving the order to use a Taser during a confrontation that led to the death of a Brooklyn man.
Photo credit: Joel Cairo | Susan Pigott holds a photo of her husband, NYPD Lt. Michael Pigott, at a press conference in Bohemia Monday. (Nov. 9, 2009)
NYPD officer's widow files lawsuit
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Taser tragedy
The widow of a New York City police lieutenant who committed suicide last year has sued the city, saying police officials drove her husband to kill himself by vilifying him in public for giving the order to shoot an emotionally disturbed man with a stun gun that led to the man's death.
In the lawsuit, which did not specify a dollar amount, Susan Pigott of Sayville, said her husband, Michael...
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