EPISODE · Jan 30, 2024 · 5 MIN
New bodycam video released Monday shows man struggling to breathe...Washington's mayor tells union leaders to step aside in potential merger with UPMC...Philips Respironics suspending sales of the CPAP devices in the US
from Pittsburgh All Local
New video shows the moments leading up to the death of Jim Rogers two years ago after being repeatedly tazed by Pittsburgh police. Rogers, accused of stealing a bicycle, tussled with a police officer and tried to run away before being tazed. Put in the back of a police cruiser, Rogers told officers he couldn't breathe and needed to go to a hospital. Elizabeth Pittinger with the Citizen Police Review Board shared her reaction to the video with KDKA-TV: [CutID: <Cuts> EPittinger.wavTime: 10sTitle: EPittingerDescription: EPittingerOut-cue: he was okay] Rogers died at UPMC Mercy the following day. The city settled with his family for $8 million. Five officers were fired and two returned to the force. A grand jury investigation ended without indictments.
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New bodycam video released Monday shows man struggling to breathe...Washington's mayor tells union leaders to step aside in potential merger with UPMC...Philips Respironics suspending sales of the CPAP devices in the US
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