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Peter Liang says 'sorry' to Akai Gurley's girlfriend
Former NYPD Officer Peter Liang, who was convicted of manslaughter in the 2014 fatal shooting of Akai Gurley in a darkened housing-project stairwell, met Thursday morning with the victim’s domestic...
DA recommends ex-NYPD cop Peter Liang not serve jail time in fatal shooting
A former NYPD officer facing up to 15 years in prison for the accidental shooting death of an unarmed man should get home confinement and probation instead of jail time,...
Liang's lawyers file motion to have manslaughter conviction overturned
Lawyers for former NYPD Officer Peter Liang filed a motion late Tuesday to overturn his manslaughter conviction last month, citing trial testimony claiming that Police Academy recruits are “fed” answers...
CPR instructor's punishment could help Liang appeal
Former NYPD Officer Peter Liang’s new lawyer says the fact that his client’s CPR instructor has been stripped of her gun and badge over allegations of improper training is good...
Peter Liang's CPR instructor stripped of her badge and gun
An NYPD Police Academy instructor has been stripped of her badge and gun over allegations that she failed to properly teach lifesaving techniques — resulting in two cops standing by...
A political awakening is taking hold with Asian-American New Yorkers
As Lunar New Year celebrations wind down, it’s worth noting that this transition from the Year of the Goat to the Year of the Monkey marks a sharp rise in...
Biased DA, city scapegoat the Asian-American community
The justice system has always failed Asian-Americans. We remember all too well the brutal 1982 slaying of Vincent Chin — a 27-year-old Chinese-American man killed near Detroit by two thugs...
Asian and black communities square off over cop prosecution
Nearly 15,000 mostly Asian-American protesters rallied in Brooklyn Saturday for former NYPD Officer Peter Liang, claiming that the rookie cop was a “pawn” of anti-police politics and was wrongly prosecuted...
Akai Gurley's girlfriend sues city, Peter Liang
Convicted killer cop Peter Liang and the city have been slapped with a $200,000 lawsuit by the girlfriend of slain Akai Gurley over his 2014 shooting. Melissa Butler, who tried...
Liang verdict sparks activists' push against Ken Thompson
Chinese-American activists, angered by last week’s conviction of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, are seeking a candidate to run against Brooklyn District...
Liang's appeal to focus on jurors handling his gun
Stairwell-shoot cop Peter Liang will fight hard to overturn his manslaughter conviction — including arguing that jurors should never have handled his gun, one of his lawyers said Saturday. Trying...
Why jury believed NYPD cop was lying about stairwell shooting
Only after they each pulled the trigger on ex-cop Peter Liang’s service weapon did 12 Brooklyn jurors agree that he was not telling the truth about how it went off...
Taking the right lessons from the Liang verdict
Former Police Officer Peter Liang faces as much as 15 years behind bars after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the 2014 death of Akai Gurley. This is...
NYPD fires Peter Liang's partner
The partner of convicted killer cop Peter Liang was fired Friday — and the NYPD has launched an investigation into his witness-stand claim that the Police Academy lets recruits cheat...
Liang verdict will have 'chilling' effect on policing: union head
Police unions blasted the guilty verdict against Officer Peter Liang Thursday, claiming it will hinder the efforts of cops who risk their lives while trying to prevent bloodshed. “We are...
NYPD cop found guilty of manslaughter in fatal stairwell shooting
A rookie NYPD officer was convicted of manslaughter Thursday, the top charge against him, for firing a bullet that ricocheted in the darkened stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project, killing...
Joker busted for waving lighter that looked like gun outside trial
Police have arrested a man believed to be the grinning joker who waved what looked like a real gun as he photo-bombed a live news broadcast outside the Brooklyn trial...
Jurors in police stairwell shooting trial pore over evidence
Jurors in Peter Liang's Brooklyn manslaughter trial were digging into the evidence on their second full day of deliberations Thursday — requesting that a second massive whiteboard be wheeled into...
Man waves possible gun at TV cameras outside Liang trial
Police were searching Wednesday for a grinning joker who waved what looked like a small but possibly real gun during a live news telecast outside the Brooklyn trial of NYPD...
Judge denies demand for mistrial as jury deliberates in cop stairwell shooting
Lawyers for fatal stairwell shooting cop Peter Liang tried — and failed — to get a do-over Wednesday afternoon, demanding a mistrial by arguing that the prosecution’s summations the day...