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As Peter Liang goes on trial for manslaughter this month, Gurley’s name is making headlines again. Brown said Chun would likely announce his ruling on April 14 when Liang, who remains free without bail, is sentenced. New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton declared the shooting to be an accident and that Gurley was a "total innocent". It pitted the unjust death of an innocent young black man against the unjust scapegoating of a young Asian police officer who was frightened, poorly trained, and who committed a terrible accident.”. “And now he has been convicted of manslaughter.”. [That’s because] we’re a minority.”. I apologize to Ms. Butler and Akai Gurley’s family. Former Officer Peter Liang will not serve any time in prison for fatally shooting an unarmed man in a Brooklyn housing project stairwell two years ago, but was instead sentenced on Tuesday to probation and community service. He just happened to be in the hallway. ... "We are not trying to establish blame, it was an incident that happened… At Fortune Bakery, a woman who gave only her last name as Huang ran back and forth between the kitchen and the display counter bringing out warm buns as she shared an almost identical viewpoint with Dong. “You took a piece of my heart.”, Moments later, Mr. Liang himself stood and turned toward Ms. Butler and the others, apologizing for having killed a man they loved. The shot was accidental and someone was dead. Peter Liang, 28, fired a shot that ricocheted and killed an unarmed man in Brooklyn. Many Liang supporters at Friday’s press conference said the Chinese-American former police officer wouldn’t have been convicted of second-degree manslaughter and official misconduct if he had been white. “Another black man has been murdered by the hands of the Police Department and the officer is not being held accountable,” she said. Supporters of Peter Liang, an ex-New York police officer, and Akai Gurley, who he fatally shot, demonstrated as Mr. Liang was sentenced to probation after being convicted of manslaughter. “You took a piece of my heart,” she told Mr. Liang. The sentence — in one of the most divisive police misconduct cases in recent New York City history — came just moments after the judge took the unusual steps of ruling that the shooting was essentially an accident and reducing the jury’s verdict on manslaughter charges to the less severe criminally negligent homicide. I ask that Judge Chun give the many factors that made that tragedy happen due consideration in the sentencing of Peter Liang… “This case has caused us to feel wronged,” she said. All people’s lives matter.”, Ex-New York Officer Gets 5 Years of Probation in Fatal Brooklyn Shooting. Akai Gurley’s life didn’t matter!”. In court on Tuesday, Justice Chun said that Mr. Thompson’s recommendation was “entirely and completely appropriate.” He added that on that November night two years ago, shooting Mr. Gurley was “probably the last thing” on Mr. Liang’s mind. He was not engaged in any criminal activity." At the trial of Peter Liang, the jurors kept returning to the 11.5-pound trigger of his New York Police Department standard-issue 9mm Glock. n/a When the hourlong hearing came to an end and it was clear that Mr. Liang would not serve time in prison, Hertencia Petersen, Mr. Gurley’s aunt, stepped into a hallway shouting: “There is no justice! As Brooklyn’s first black district attorney, Mr. Thompson had vowed to bring a heightened sense of social justice to the borough’s communities of color. A day after her son was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting Akai Gurley, an unarmed man, in a Brooklyn housing project, Peter Liang’s mother spoke publicly Friday afternoon for the first time since the verdict, saying her son blames himself for what happened that November night in 2014. RELATED: Race 'Doesn't Matter': Reactions to Officer Liang's Indictment. “We’re back at the same place that we would be, which is that the judge now has an opportunity to consider whether the evidence was sufficient to support the charges,” Koshetz said. The shooting occurred late Thursday night as 26-year-old Officer Peter Liang and another rookie officer patrolled the Louis Pink Houses in Brooklyn's gritty East New York neighborhood. “You took a piece of me,” she said. Protesters in Brooklyn, N.Y., in February show support for former NYPD Officer Peter Liang. Peter Liang was sentenced to five years' probation and 800 hours of community service in the 2014 shooting of Akai Gurley, who was walking down a … “If Liang were white, he wouldn’t have had an issue,” Huang said, adding she thought the verdict was unfair. Supporters of Peter Liang, an ex-New York police officer, and Akai Gurley, who he fatally shot, demonstrated as Mr. Liang was sentenced to probation after being convicted of manslaughter. “My life has forever changed.”, It was at that point that Justice Chun announced that he was going to reduce the manslaughter verdict, saying there was no evidence that Mr. Liang was even aware of Mr. Gurley’s presence in the stairwell. Up the block at EG Homes Inc., a home goods store, a man behind the counter who gave only his last name as Dong said if Liang were white, he wouldn’t have been found guilty. IE 11 is not supported. (Jesse Ward/POOL) EX-NYPD COP PETER LIANG … Prosecutors said that after the shot rang out, neither Liang nor Landau called it in to supervisors, even though both had working radios and cellphones. Peter Liang, a former New York City police officer, and the girlfriend of Akai Gurley, the unarmed black man he fatally shot, spoke at his sentencing; he received five years of probation and 800 hours of community service. Liang and his partner Shaun Landau, both of whom have been fired by the NYPD, were conducting a vertical patrol of a stairwell on Nov. 20, 2014, in the Louis H. Pink Houses when Liang fired his gun. RELATED: NYPD Officer Peter Liang guilty of second-degree manslaughter in Akai Gurley killing On Thursday, a jury of seven men and five women convicted the former rookie officer of … Peter Liang, the former officer convicted of manslaughter, apologized to Akai Gurley’s domestic partner on Thursday, a day after the Brooklyn district attorney recommended house … Though the Brooklyn district attorney’s office promised to appeal the ruling, the sentencing was a decisive move in the politically contentious case that highlighted concerns over police accountability, especially in black neighborhoods, but never neatly fit the narrative of other killings by law-enforcement officers around the country. “If Liang were white, he wouldn’t have had an issue...They bully Chinese. Before the sentence was issued, Mr. Gurley’s girlfriend, Melissa Butler, who was with him when he died, told Mr. Liang that even today, she was still in pain and needed the solace of justice. So he gave it a push with his right shoulder. Brown and Koshetz have argued during the trial that Liang was in a "state of shock" after his gun accidentally went off, that he was unaware his bullet had struck anyone, and that he tried to make several radio transmissions about the shooting that were incomplete or did not go through. “This right here is not the end. ... Skewed is not a strong enough word for what happened … Akai Gurley's daughter Akaila reacts on her mother Kimberly Ballinger's lap as reverend Al Sharpton speaks at the National Action Network in the Harlem borough of New York November 22, 2014. Butler knocked on the door of a resident, who called 911 and passed along CPR instructions to Butler. NYPD Officer Peter Liang took the stand Monday to recall what happened the night he killed an unarmed man. Cathy Dang, executive director of CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, a group that addresses police and hate violence toward Asian immigrants and that has been vocal in calling for Liang’s conviction, said that all district attorneys must be held accountable to prosecute white police officers. “The shot was accidental,” he said. The last NYPD police officer convicted in a fatal civilian shooting was in 2005. Liang said he heard a “quick sound” to his left — a sound that startled him — and his gun went off. “If [Peter] Liang were white, he wouldn’t have had an issue...They bully Chinese. It’s discrimination.”. Is Police Officer Peter Liang a Scapegoat? RELATED: NYPD Officer Peter Liang Guilty of Second-Degree Manslaughter in Akai Gurley Killing. Liang was convicted of manslaughter and official misconduct on Thursday for fatally shooting an unarmed black man in a darkened public housing stairwell in 2014, according to media reports. As such, I find incarceration not necessary.”, Just minutes earlier, Paul Shechtman, the former officer’s lawyer, had said much the same thing, telling Justice Chun that while other police officers in recent years had maliciously hurt and killed young black men, Mr. Liang “is not them.”. “But this is a good day for Peter Liang in a year and a half when there haven’t been many good days.”. Officer Peter Liang is escorted out of court in Brooklyn after being charged with manslaughter, official misconduct and other offenses on Feb. 11, 2015. The ex-officer, Peter Liang, was convicted of manslaughter in February in the shooting of Akai Gurley. Peter Liang leaving State Supreme Court in Brooklyn last week. We just want justice — justice for all. New York City Police officer (NYPD) Peter Liang is led from the court room at the Brooklyn Supreme court in the Brooklyn borough of New York February 11, … IE 11 is not supported. On April 19th, a New York State Supreme Court in Brooklyn sentenced former NYPD officer Peter Liang to five years of probation for the shooting of unarmed Black man Akai Gurley. Only it's not that simple. I’ve always treated people fairly and with respect. New York City Police (NYPD) officer Peter Liang (C) departs the criminal court after an arraignment hearing in the Brooklyn borough of New York City February 11, 2015. I want to contribute to society and I ask for that opportunity.”. 8 to rally against the indictment of NYPD Officer Peter Liang, who fired the bullet that bounced off a wall and killed Akai Gurley in darkened stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project last November. It is rare for police officers even to be charged and brought to court in shooting cases; while this one resulted in a guilty verdict at a three-week trial this winter, the sentencing was deeply disappointing to the family of the victim, Akai Gurley. Supporters rally for NYPD Officer Peter Liang, indicted for the Brooklyn shooting of Akai Gurley, an unarmed man. NEW YORK (WABC) -- A former NYPD officer convicted in the accidental shooting death of an unarmed man in a darkened stairwell was spared prison time … “He has already suffered enough after the incident,” she said. Liang testified he felt unqualified to perform CPR on Gurley because he was given answers to the exam at the Police Academy and never had a chance to practice on a mannequin. Mr. Gurley died on Nov. 20, 2014, when his heart was pierced by a ricocheting bullet that Mr. Liang had fired while on a night patrol in a dark stairwell in the Louis H. Pink Houses in the East New York neighborhood. Liang’s mother spoke for about eight minutes during a press conference attended by roughly 100 Chinese supporters, many of them immigrants, at a restaurant in Brooklyn’s Chinatown not far from Eighth Avenue. “I’m not a person of many words. It’s discrimination.”. A shot from my gun caused the death of one person. As word of the sentence made its way onto the street, dueling groups of protesters erupted into chants and debate. “Now, what we have left is to hold the entire system accountable.”. The night of Nov. 20, 2014 was devastating. “Our system failed Gurley and it failed Liang. It’s so scary.”. NYPD Police Commissioner William Bratton said at the time of the shooting that the fatal shot "appears to be an accidental discharge" of Liang's gun. NYPD Officer Peter Liang Guilty of Second-Degree Manslaughter in Akai Gurley Killing, In Tears On Stand, NYPD Cop Recalls Fatal Shooting of Akai Gurley, Race 'Doesn't Matter': Reactions to Officer Liang's Indictment, Chinese Community Divided Over NYPD Officer's Indictment. BRENDAN MCDERMID / Reuters Then about a month later, another Chinese-American NYPD officer made headlines across the country, but for a very different reason. Worried about her son’s spirits, she added that she’s kept watch over Liang all day and all night. He also said Liang was a scapegoat. Speaking after the hearing, Mr. Shechtman said he was pleased with the sentence and understood the disappointment of Mr. Gurley’s family. They wanted to … Melissa Butler, the girlfriend of Akai Gurley, after Peter Liang’s sentencing. Peter Liang's mother, Fenny Liang, addresses supporters in Mandarin at a press conference, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, one day after her son, a former NYPD rookie officer, was convicted of manslaughter in the 2014 shooting death of Akai Gurley. “We have very mixed emotions,” Mr. Shechtman said. New York City police officer Peter Liang was panicked, shocked and in disbelief when he realized his gunfire struck 28-year-old Akai Gurley in a stairwell of a … “All the evidence presented before the jury demonstrates that Officer Liang is in fact guilty,” she said in a statement. On Wednesday, Liang's attorneys asked Chun to declare a mistrial, arguing that Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Joseph Alexis, in his closing statements, accused Liang of committing intentional crimes for which he hadn't been charged. State Assemblyman Ron Kim of Queens said his heart was heavy for both Gurley and Liang. Kings County District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson said that he planned to impanel a grand jury to look into the death of Akai Gurley. The cause celebre was Peter Liang, a Chinese American rookie cop who fatally shot an unarmed African American man, Akai Gurley, in a dark stairwell … (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICER PETER LIANG, SAYING: “I can’t imagine how the jury determined that the people proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Peter’s actions were reckless manslaughter,” Brown said. Peter Liang was convicted of second-degree murder after he fatally shot Akai Gurley in a New York housing project in November. His gun in his left hand, a flashlight in his right, Liang tried turning the stairway door knob with his right hand, but the door wouldn’t open, he said. Gurley made it down to the fifth floor landing with Butler where he collapsed, the bullet having pierced his heart and lodged in his liver. She noticed she coincidentally shares a last name with the perpetrator, NYPD officer Peter Liang, who shot and killed the unarmed Akai Gurley in a darkened Brooklyn public housing stairwell. After the hearing, District Attorney Ken Thompson released a statement saying he planned to appeal Justice Chun’s decision to reduce the jury’s verdict — an unusual move from a man who all along has taken a Solomonic approach to the complicated case. RELATED: Chinese Community Divided Over NYPD Officer's Indictment. Thursday, May 19, 2016 NEW YORK (WABC) -- Former NYPD officer Peter Liang was spared jail time in the sentencing phase of his manslaughter conviction in the accidental shooting … What happened on Nov. 20 was a tragedy for both families. Before entering the stairwell, Liang had unholstered his Glock 9 mm and placed his finger on the side of the gun, he testified, adding it’s up to officers when to draw their weapon. Peter Liang won't be sentenced to prison time, but will have to live with what happened in the Pink Houses forever. Rookie officer Peter Liang, 28, and his partner Shaun Landau were doing a top-to-bottom patrol of the Pink Houses, a Brooklyn housing development at 2724 Linden Blvd. A number of Asian-American elected officials also weighed in on Thursday’s verdict. NEW YORK -- A rookie New York City police officer who fatally shot an innocent man in a dark public housing stairwell was convicted Thursday of … A New York judge ruled Tuesday afternoon that Peter Liang, the rookie NYPD officer who shot and killed Akai Gurley in the stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project, will not serve jail time. Wenjian Liu — the Chinese-American New York Police Department (NYPD) officer ambushed in December 2014 while sitting in his patrol car in Brooklyn with his partner Det. I was in shock and could barely breathe. At a separate news conference in Manhattan’s Chinatown Friday afternoon, Robert Brown and Rae Koshetz, Liang’s attorneys, told NBC News they were shocked when they heard the guilty verdict announced Thursday night. The overwhelming message at the rally was that what happened to Gurley was a tragic accident, and Peter Liang was made a scapegoat for police brutality because of his race. “So many white police officers don’t have any problem,” Dong said, adding that the guilty verdict didn’t surprise him. “Accident does not mean crime,” Helen Zhu said. “This was not an intentional act,” the judge said. I want them to be proud of me. Behind him, the benches were packed with Mr. Gurley’s loved ones. Liang’s attorneys asked Chun to set aside the verdict, a decision the judge said he would reserve for a later date. "Our system failed Gurley and it failed Liang. Brown and Koshetz both said they still stick by their decision for a trial by jury rather than by State Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun in Brooklyn. “It has caused sorrow and has made us heartbroken.” Overcome with emotion, Fenny Liang struggled to continue, prompting the audience to fill in her silence with the sound of applause. Brown and Koshetz also said they plan to appeal if Chun does not dismiss the charges. Rafael Ramos — and that the Liu family was grieving for Liang, 28, just as they had for their own son. But after the conviction, Mr. Thompson issued a letter recommending that Mr. Liang should not serve time in prison. One of Huang’s coworkers, who declined to provide her name, displayed her cellphone and showed a message sent over WeChat, a popular Chinese-language social media platform, urging members of the Chinese community to attend Friday afternoon’s press conference in Brooklyn where Liang’s mother appeared. He faces up to 15 years in prison. The letter referred to Mr. Gurley as “a completely innocent man who lost his life for no reason,” but also said Mr. Liang had no prior criminal history and posed no threat to public safety. Gurley had been walking down to the lobby when Liang … “This was a criminally negligent act. It’s discrimination.”. New York City Police officer (NYPD) Peter Liang reacts as the verdict is read during his trial in court room at the Brooklyn Supreme court in the Brooklyn borough of New York February 11, 2016. New York City Council member Margaret Chin, who last year praised the indictment and at the time told NBC News that Liang had to be held accountable for Gurley’s death, said in a statement: “My thoughts and prayers are with the family of Akai Gurley, and Officer Liang’s family, friends and supporters. “I do not believe true justice prevailed,” Kim said in a statement. I wish I could undo what happened. “Chinese are no more silent. At the press conference in Brooklyn Friday, Liang’s mother said in Mandarin that she hadn’t slept since hearing the verdict. He was sentenced to five years of probation on Tuesday. In February, a jury convicted him of manslaughter and official misconduct, rejecting his testimony that the gun had simply gone off in his hand and finding that he had failed to help Mr. Gurley as he lay dying on a fifth-floor landing. It’s so scary.”. Wearing tinted sunglasses and dressed in black, she described how Peter Liang, who worked briefly as an agent for the Transportation Security Agency (TSA), wanted to become a police officer after graduating from college. It pitted the unjust death of an innocent young black man against the unjust scapegoating of a young Asian police officer who was frightened, poorly trained, and who committed a terrible accident.". Media reports initially surfaced that indicated both officers text-messaged their union representatives before calling for help, which were later refuted as false by both the police union and the District Attorney office. Chris Fuchs is a freelance journalist based in New York. New York City rookie police officer Peter Liang, right, leaves the courtroom after his arraignment at Brooklyn Superior court, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in New York. Officer Liang Guilty in Shooting Death A jury in Brooklyn convicted Officer Peter Liang of manslaughter in the shooting of Akai Gurley in the stairwell of a housing project in 2014. On Thursday, a jury of seven men and five women convicted the former rookie officer of second-degree manslaughter and official misconduct, a charge that stemmed from Liang’s failure to perform CPR on Gurley. Judge Danny Chun reads the backs the charges against police officer Peter Liang in the shooting death of Akai Gurley, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 at Brooklyn Supreme court in New York in New York. The bullet ricocheted off the wall of a pitch-dark stairwell and struck 28-year-old Gurley, who had entered from the seventh floor with his friend Melissa Butler. Vertical patrols require that officers first check the roof, where criminal activity often occurs, and then descend the stairs floor by floor, according to testimony. “He keeps banging his head against the wall,” Fenny Liang said in Mandarin. But prosecutors portrayed Liang's actions in a different light, telling jurors in opening arguments that Liang violated key critical life-and-death training when he recklessly pulled out his gun, fired without reason, and then argued with his partner over calling for help as Gurley lay dying. Liang, 28, was convicted in February of manslaughter - a charge that could have resulted in up to 15 years in prison. “But a Chinese officer does. During more than a dozen interviews in Mandarin with NBC News Friday afternoon, members of the Chinese immigrant community along Brooklyn’s Eighth Avenue said they believed race played a role in the case, and that Liang was being scapegoated for the lack of indictments in other civilian deaths at the hands of police. Bryan Conroy was sentenced to probation and 500 hours of community service for killing an African immigrant during a police raid. It’s a sentiment that has also been repeated in the Chinese-language press. From the start, Mr. Thompson faced enormous pressure to pursue an indictment against Mr. Liang, who killed Mr. Gurley the same year that Eric Garner died during a police arrest on Staten Island. I have a loving wife and family who have supported me through the darkest hour of my life. “He said he wishes he was the one who had been struck and killed by the stray bullet.”. My life has forever changed. We’re going to continue to fight until we get justice.”, Across the street, another crowd massed in support of Mr. Liang, who is of Chinese heritage. Now that the jury has reached its verdict, it is my hope that the long process of healing can begin.”, “We don’t dare tell our kids to become police officers. Follow NBC Asian America on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. About 60 people, waving signs and shouting, gathered around Ms. Petersen, Mr. Gurley’s aunt. By Siyu Qian on March 11, 2015 More than 3,000 Chinese Americans gathered at City Hall on Mar. “They bully Chinese. New York City Police officer (NYPD) Peter Liang is led from the court room at the Brooklyn Supreme court in the Brooklyn borough of New York February 11, 2016. As Justice Danny K. Chun of State Supreme Court in Brooklyn imposed five years of probation and 800 hours of community service, Mr. Liang sat still at the defendant’s table showing little emotion. Peter Liang sits in court as testimony is read back for jurors during deliberations in his trial in Brooklyn Supreme Court February 10, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. I hope you will give me a chance to rebuild it. … “After hearing the verdict, we were all surprised,” said one man, who declined to give his name but said he was a worker at Sweet Cafe Inc. Another woman behind the counter who called the verdict “unfair” added: “We don’t dare tell our kids to become police officers. Asian-American groups march in support of Akai Gurley, an unarmed 28-year-old father who was shot and killed by NYPD Officer Peter Liang in November, 2014. They said they believed his indictment last February and conviction were a consequence, in part, of white officers not being indicted in police incidents in 2014, in which unarmed black men were killed — those include Eric Garner, a Staten Island man placed in a chokehold, and Michael Brown, a teenager shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri. 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