Shocking Jim Rogers video released; Mayor Gainey responds

JIM ROGERS, SHOWN IN THIS NEWLY-RELEASED POLICE BODY CAM VIDEO. IT WAS RELEASED ON JAN. 29. Video shows stun gun used on Rogers multiple times by Pittsburgh Police, and then, no assistance given to Rogers Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey has responded to the 52-minute video col­lection that was released on Monday, Jan. 29, that shows in detail the in­teractions between Pitts­burgh Police and Jim Rog­ers, the 54-year-old Black man who died one day after being arrested by Pittsburgh Police in 2021. While the public had seen small snippets of an interaction between po­lice officers and Rogers, Jan. 29 was the first time that the public saw Offi­cer Keith Edmonds, who is also Black, arrive at the scene where Rogers was alleged to have stolen a bike on Harriet Street in Bloomfield. At first, Rog­ers speaks with Edmonds, but as the interaction con­tinues, Edmonds threat­ens to use a Taser on Rog­ers. Eventually, Edmonds does use the Taser on Rogers, while he’s on the ground and after Rogers gets back up. The public also witnessed that none of the other offi­cers who arrived on scene seemed to provide Rogers with any sort of medical assistance, even while Rogers was saying that he...