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Trial set for NYPD officer charged in killing of unarmed man
2016-01-25 09:56:57| Apparel - Topix.net
Even prosecutors agree that rookie New York police officer Peter Liang didn't mean to shoot and kill Akai Gurley in a pitch black stairwell in 2014. But Liang will go on trial this week for manslaughter anyway in a prosecution that stands in contrast to other cases around the country in which officers intentionally used deadly force against other unarmed black men but escaped criminal charges.
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