City of Pittsburgh Finalizes an $8 Million Settlement Over a Stun Gun Death

The city of Pittsburgh finalized an $8 million settlement with the estate of a man who died after police stun gunned him in 2021.

The city council approved the settlement in two $4 million payments over two years at its Oct. 11 city council meeting.

According to the lawsuit, Jim Rogers was a 54-year-old man killed in a Pittsburgh neighborhood after a police officer used a stun gun on him as many as 10 times on Oct. 13, 2021.

Read the source article at The Black Chronicle