NYPD Officer Peter Liang Found Guilty Of Manslaughter!

NYPD Officer Peter Liang was convicted of manslaughter late Thursday in the 2014 stairwell shooting death of Akai Gurley — a jury verdict Brooklyn’s district attorney said showed police were not immune from prosecution.



“We support our police officers, but when innocent men are shot and killed recklessly, someone has to be held accountable, whether that is a police officer or not, ” said District Attorney Ken Thompson, who brought charges in the fatal shooting that inflamed police critics and became part of the “Black Lives Matter” movement.




Liang, 28, buried his head in his hands after the verdict was read as his lawyers consoled him.



The rookie cop testified he took out his gun before the November 2014 shooting because he was fearful entering a dark stairwell at the Louis H. Pink public housing project. He said he fired his weapon by accident when a sound made him flinch.
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