At the Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board meeting on Jan. 6, members of the JOB clashed with jail administrators over questions of compliance with the.
Jim Rogers died in October, one day after Pittsburgh police shocked him with a Taser. Now some experts in police procedure say the officers had no justification for using a Taser against Rogers in the first place.
Advocates say the city should wait until mayor-elect Ed Gainey is sworn in next month to pass a police reform bill. Gainey ran on a platform of police reform.
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