Title: Video: As Officer Who Killed Akai Gurley (Black Man) Gets No Jail Time, Asian Americans Debate Role Of White Supremacy Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skRk35P1q4g URL Source:http://rinf.com/alt-news/multimedia ... ebate-role-of-white-supremacy/ Published:Apr 22, 2016 Author:Staff Post Date:2016-04-22 18:48:41 by Horse Keywords:None Views:37 Comments:2
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An Asian cop shot and killed an unarmed black man on the stairs. The elevator did not work so he had to walk down the stairs. The cop pulled his gun and fired without provocation. The bullet hit the wall. The ricochet killed the man.
Officer Peter Liang, who is Chinese-American, fatally shot Akai Gurley in the darkened stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project. In February, a jury convicted Liang of manslaughter and official misconduct, but the judge made the rare decision to reduce the verdict to criminally negligent homicide. The case has sparked a debate within the Asian-American community as some say Liang was scapegoated because of his race. We host a heated discussion with Gurley’s aunt, Hertencia Petersen; Cathy Dang, executive director of CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, which has supported Akai Gurley’s family; and John Liu, the former New York City comptroller who supports Officer Liang.
Although Liang should never have fired, I go with the Judge's decision; it's still homicide.
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