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02-20-2016, 10:29 PM
More than 10,000 protesters rallying in support of ex-cop Peter Liang (http://nypost.com/2016/02/20/10000-protesters-rallying-in-support-of-ex-cop-peter-liang/)
By Jennifer Bain and Eileen AJ Connelly
February 20, 2016 | 1:31pm https://********************************/2016/02/fdgdf1.jpg?quality=100&strip=all&w=835
The protesters carried signs saying "No selective jury," and placards displaying Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous quote, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Photo: William Miller
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 for a tragic accident.
The crowd filled Cadman Plaza Park, with many carrying signs with slogans like, “One tragedy, two victims” and, “Scapegoating won’t bring peace.” Many placards bore Martin Luther King Jr.’s photo and quote, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Many in the crowd maintained Liang was prosecuted because he is a minority, while white cops involved in fatal incidents against African-Americans were not.
Protesters handed out petitions demanding Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun, who presided over the case, “set aside the illogical verdict handed down by the jury” or at least sentence the cop to probation only.
Liang, 28, a Chinese-American, faces five to 15 years in prison after he was convicted on Feb. 11 on manslaughter and misconduct charges in the fatal November 2014 shooting of 28-year-oldAkai Gurley in a stairwell of the Louis Pink Houses in East New York.
Liang fired his gun after hearing a noise while conducting a vertical patrol in a darkened stairwell. The bullet ricocheted off a cinder-block wall and struck Gurley, an unarmed black man, in the chest.
http://nypost.com/2016/02/20/10000-protesters-rallying-in-support-of-ex-cop-peter-liang/
By Jennifer Bain and Eileen AJ Connelly
February 20, 2016 | 1:31pm https://********************************/2016/02/fdgdf1.jpg?quality=100&strip=all&w=835
The protesters carried signs saying "No selective jury," and placards displaying Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous quote, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Photo: William Miller
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 for a tragic accident.
The crowd filled Cadman Plaza Park, with many carrying signs with slogans like, “One tragedy, two victims” and, “Scapegoating won’t bring peace.” Many placards bore Martin Luther King Jr.’s photo and quote, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Many in the crowd maintained Liang was prosecuted because he is a minority, while white cops involved in fatal incidents against African-Americans were not.
Protesters handed out petitions demanding Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun, who presided over the case, “set aside the illogical verdict handed down by the jury” or at least sentence the cop to probation only.
Liang, 28, a Chinese-American, faces five to 15 years in prison after he was convicted on Feb. 11 on manslaughter and misconduct charges in the fatal November 2014 shooting of 28-year-oldAkai Gurley in a stairwell of the Louis Pink Houses in East New York.
Liang fired his gun after hearing a noise while conducting a vertical patrol in a darkened stairwell. The bullet ricocheted off a cinder-block wall and struck Gurley, an unarmed black man, in the chest.
http://nypost.com/2016/02/20/10000-protesters-rallying-in-support-of-ex-cop-peter-liang/