Articles about “PeterLiang”

Ballinger with her attorney in 2015 (Getty) Following two months of negotiations, the city has finalized a wrongful death settlement with the family of Akai Gurley, the 28-year-old Brooklyn man who was shot to death by...

A judge sentenced the NYPD officer who stomped on a man's head as he was facedown and restrained by other cops to two years probation today. Joel Edouard, 37, attacked Jahmi-El Cuffee on Malcolm X Boulevard...

A Brooklyn judge convicted an NYPD officer of misdemeanor assault for stomping on the head of a suspected pot smoker while he was being held face-down by other officers in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Officer Joel Edouard is facing...

Seven people were arrested early this morning while protesting outside Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson's house, denouncing his handling of the Peter Liang case. Last month, Thompson recommended that Liang get probation and house arrest—but no prison...

Officer Peter Liang in court in February (Pool /Gregory P. Mango) Calling a prosecutor's recommendation for house arrest and probation "completely appropriate," a Brooklyn judge has sentenced the former NYPD officer who was convicted of killing...

Peter Liang during his trial in February (Pool) [UPDATE BELOW] Over 100 people gathered outside Brooklyn Supreme Court this morning to protest a delay in the sentencing of former NYPD officer Peter Liang, who was found...

Former NYPD Officer Peter Liang in court in February (Pool / Gregory P. Mango) Moments after Hortencia Peterson heard from a Brooklyn jury that the killer of her nephew, Akai Gurley, had been found guilty of...

Officer Peter Liang breaks down as the guilty verdict is read. (Mary Altaffer / Pool) Attorneys for former NYPD Officer Peter Liang, who was found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Akai Gurley, are...

Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson speaking to reporters after Peter Liang's conviction. Former NYPD police officer Peter Liang was convicted in February of fatally shooting 28-year-old Akai Gurley while patrolling an East New York housing project. Earlier...

Ballinger with her attorney in 2015 (Getty) Lawyers for Peter Liang—the former NYPD officer found guilty of manslaughter and misconduct last month in the fatal 2014 shooting of 28-year-old Akai Gurley—confirmed that their client apologized in...

Peter Liang, shortly after he was indicted last year (Getty Images) Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson has recommended that Peter Liang, the former NYPD officer convicted of fatally shooting an unarmed and innocent man while on...

Protesters at Cadman Plaza in February, citing institutional racism in the Liang verdict (Christian Hansen/Gothamist) Attorneys for former NYPD Officer Peter Liang, who was found guilty of manslaughter and official misconduct last month in the fatal...

Peter Liang, shortly after he was indicted last year (Getty Images) A Police Academy CPR instructor was stripped of her badge this week, after a former NYPD officer testified in court that he only "sort of"...

Peter Liang, shortly after he was indicted last year (Getty Images) NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton told reporters on Tuesday that his department is currently investigating the Police Academy CPR class taken by Peter Liang—the former NYPD...

At least 10,000 people, many of them Chinese Americans, crammed into Cadman Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn yesterday afternoon to protest the treatment of former NYPD officer Peter Liang, who was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter two weeks...

Officer Peter Liang after being indicted by a grand jury last year (Getty Images) The NYPD fired the partner of Peter Liang immediately after the officer was convicted of shooting and killing an innocent man in...

Officer Peter Liang breaks down as the guilty verdict is read. (Mary Altaffer / Pool) [UPDATE BELOW] A Brooklyn jury has found NYPD Officer Peter Liang guilty on charges of manslaughter and official misconduct in the...

Officer Peter Liang in court this morning. (Pool/Gregory P. Mango) On the final day of the trial of NYPD officer Peter Liang, the prosecution argued that the rookie officer intentionally fired his weapon in the dark...

Peter Liang, shortly after he was indicted last year (Getty Images) Officer Peter Liang cried on the witness stand on Monday morning, breaking down as he described the moment he discovered that a bullet he fired...

Akai Gurley Earlier this week, the partner of NYPD Officer Peter Liang, who is on trial for fatally shooting an innocent man in a Brooklyn stairwell, told the jury that the two had argued for around...

The Pink Houses (Christian Hansen / Gothamist) When NYPD Officer Peter Liang shot and killed 28-year-old Akai Gurley in the stairwell of East New York’s Pink Houses in November of 2014, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton called...

Officer Peter Liang after being indicted by a grand jury last year (Getty Images) The partner of NYPD Officer Peter Liang, who is on trial for fatally shooting an innocent man in the stairwell of an...

Officer Liang's NYPD-issued handgun. The first week of the trial for Peter Liang, the NYPD officer who shot and killed 28-year-old Akai Gurley in a Brooklyn stairwell in November 2014, rounded out with a close look...

Officer Peter Liang after he was charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment (Getty Images) When NYPD Officer Peter Liang entered court this week to stand trial for killing 28-year-old Akai Gurley in November 2014, there was...

Peter Liang, shortly after he was indicted last year (Getty Images) The trial of Peter Liang, the NYPD officer who shot and killed 28-year-old Akai Gurley in the dark stairwell of a Brooklyn NYCHA building in...

Getty Images According to a prosecution document revealed in Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday, rookie NYPD officer Peter Liang waited nearly 20 minutes to radio for help after he fatally shot Akai Gurley in a darkened stairwell...

Akai Gurley The mother of Akai Gurley's child filed a wrongful death lawsuit today against the Police Department, NYCHA, and the two officers who were patrolling the dark stairwell of an East New York public housing...

Joseph Concannon speaks to the crowd (Esther Wang / Gothamist) As the nation commemorated the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the historic Selma civil rights march this past weekend, a different sort of scene was...