Brooklyn, NY – A former police officer convicted in the accidental shooting death of an unarmed man in a darkened stairwell was spared prison time Tuesday, and a judge reduced his manslaughter conviction to a lesser charge.
Nearly 10,000 protesters — most of them outraged Asian Americans are rallying in Brooklyn in support of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang, charging the rookie cop was a scapegoat for critics of police brutality and was wrongly prosecuted for a tragic accident.
Brooklyn, NY – Angered by last week’s conviction of a Chinese police officer in the shooting of an unarmed man, Chinese-American activists have vowed to unseat Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson in his upcoming re-election bid, calling him a racist.
BROOKLYN — The police officer accused of shooting unarmed Akai Gurley in a Brooklyn hallway is complaining that prosecutors have an “undeniable bias” against the NYPD.