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Prosecutor blasts 'reckless' cop in close of stairwell shooting trial
A startled NYPD officer “chose” to fire his gun inside the housing-project stairwell where he killed an unarmed man — then callously tried to cover-up what he’d done, a Brooklyn...
Juror hands tissues to crying cop on trial in stairwell shooting
Well, someone felt sorry for him. A sympathetic juror nudged a box of tissues toward the rookie cop who accidentally shot an unarmed man in a housing-project stairwell as he...
Tearful cop testifies in stairwell shooting: 'My gun just went off'
The rookie cop who accidentally shot and killed an unarmed man in a Brooklyn housing-project stairwell sobbed in court on Monday as he recounted the chaotic minutes after his gun...
Prosecutors want to bar mention of double-cop shooting from Liang trial
Concerned about an impact on jurors, prosecutors sought to bar mention of Thursday’s shooting of two cops in a Bronx housing project at the trial of NYPD Officer Peter Liang...
Cop: I couldn't save shooting victim because NYPD helped me cheat on CPR test
The partner of rookie cop Peter Liang told Brooklyn jurors Thursday that he himself was unqualified to resuscitate the man Liang accidently shot in a housing-project stairwell — because the...
Girlfriend recounts Akai Gurley's final minutes
NYPD cop Peter Liang’s manslaughter trial took a dramatic turn Tuesday when victim Akai Gurley’s girlfriend tearfully described watching him bleed out in a darkened housing-project stairwell — and jurors...
Assemblyman yells at court officer during Liang trial
The trial of a Brooklyn cop accused of fatally shooting an unarmed man in a housing-project stairwell was postponed Monday after a juror landed in the hospital. Juror No. 10...
Stairwell shooting cop trained to have gun drawn: fellow officers
Two cops, including one who worked the same beat as rookie Officer Peter Liang — now on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed man in a Brooklyn housing project —...
Liang had 'thousand-yard stare' after staircase shooting, fellow cop testifies
Two NYPD officers who were the first to respond when an unarmed man was fatally shot by a rookie police officer recounted for Brooklyn jurors Tuesday how they rushed to...
Prosecutor says cop who shot man in stairwell was callous killer
A Brooklyn prosecutor got down on his knees in a packed courtroom Monday to demonstrate what he says an NYPD cop failed to do — try to save the life...
Jury selection starts in trial of cop's fatal stairwell shooting
Jury selection began Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of rookie NYPD Officer Peter Liang, who killed an unarmed father of two when his service weapon went off in a dark...
Jurors will hear cop's statement to partner in fatal stairwell shooting
Lawyers for the NYPD cop who accidentally shot an unarmed man during a patrol of Brooklyn’s notorious Pink Houses -- and then failed to come to his aid -- hinted...
Cop charged in fatal stairwell shooting will take the stand
The NYPD rookie cop who accidentally shot and killed an unarmed man in a housing project stairwell in 2014 will take the stand at his upcoming Brooklyn criminal trial, his...
Jury will decide fate of cop who fatally shot unarmed man in stairwell
A Brooklyn jury will decide the fate of an NYPD officer charged with accidentally killing an unarmed man in 2014 while on patrol, the cop's lawyer told The Post Wednesday....
New program will make cops report every instance of using force
NYPD cops will be required to report every instance in which they use force, in a broad program designed to create more transparency, The Post has learned. Commissioner Bill Bratton...
Trial date set for rookie cop who shot unarmed man in stairwell
A trial date has been set for the NYPD officer charged with accidentally killing an unarmed man last year while on patrol. Peter Liang, 27, briefly appeared in Brooklyn Supreme...
Cop who accidentally shot man in stairwell to face manslaughter charge: judge
A judge Tuesday refused to throw out a manslaughter charge against the cop who accidentally shot and killed an unarmed man in a housing complex stairwell — as the officer’s...
City Housing puts workers in bright vests in fear of NYPD shootings
Workers who fix elevators in the city’s housing projects have been ordered to wear bright-orange vests by supervisors calling NYPD cops “trigger-happy,’’ sources told The Post. The edict came down...
Partner got immunity for testimony against cop in Gurley killing
The partner of a rookie cop who gunned down an unarmed man in a darkened Brooklyn housing-project stairwell received immunity from prosecution in exchange for testifying against his brother in...
An indictment unlikely to stick: Politics of charging 'stairwell' cop
New York City Police Officer Peter Liang was in state Supreme Court in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon — looking at 15 years in prison not so much for what he...