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Akai Gurley
Peter Liang, NYPD Officer Who Killed Akai Gurley, Won’t Go to Jail
In February, Liang was convicted of manslaughter and faced up to 15 years behind bars.
Brooklyn DA on Peter Liang: ‘There is No Evidence He Intended to Kill’
Liang claimed he accidentally fired his weapon after reacting to a startling noise during a vertical patrol in a dark stairwell.
NYC Grand Jury Indicts Police Officer for Manslaughter
Officer is being charged with manslaughter after “accidentally” shooting a Brooklyn man in the chest.
NYPD Will Stop Sending Rookie Officers Into High-Crime Areas, Says Commissioner William Bratton
NYPD commissioner William Bratton is doing away with a long-established program that assigns rookie officers to patrol high-crime neighborhoods.
Why We Need Broken Windows Policing
Recent tragic incidents involving the New York City Police Department (NYPD)—including the summer 2014 death of Eric Garner, who was being arrested on Staten Island, and the autumn 2014 death of Akai Gurley, shot accidentally by a young police officer in a housing project in Brooklyn—have reinvigorated police critics, especially in the context of a broader national discussion about crime and race prompted by events in Ferguson, Missouri.
From Ferguson to New York City: The Public Responds to Police-Involved Deaths
With their heads tilted downwards, the family members of black men who recently died at the hands of police—Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Akai Gurley—linked arms and closed their eyes in prayer.
