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NYPD officer breaks down during testimony about Akai Gurley shooting
Source: The Guardian
NYPD officer breaks down during testimony about Akai Gurley shooting
Rookie police officer Peter Liang cries on the stand during personal account of
what happened after he accidentially shot Gurley in building stairwell
Jamiles Lartey in New York
Monday 8 February 2016 19.29 GMT
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 New York public housing building, he testified in a tearful account of the incident on Monday.
“I broke down,” Liang told jurors. He began crying and looked away from the courtroom audience several times as he recounted the day he says he accidentally discharged his gun in the dark stairwell where Gurley just happened to be walking. The rookie police officer was briefly excused by the judge to compose himself.
“His eyes were rolled back” and “he was just laying there very still”, Liang said of Gurley, who was struck and killed by Liang’s bullet after it ricocheted off a wall in a stairwell of the Louis Pink houses in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York.
Liang’s testimony came as the trial entered its third week. The officer was indicted for second-degree manslaughter in February for the November 2014 fatal shooting. He is also on trial for several lesser charges, including criminally negligent homicide, assault and official misconduct. Liang faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
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Rookie police officer Peter Liang cries on the stand during personal account of
what happened after he accidentially shot Gurley in building stairwell
Jamiles Lartey in New York
Monday 8 February 2016 19.29 GMT
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 New York public housing building, he testified in a tearful account of the incident on Monday.
“I broke down,” Liang told jurors. He began crying and looked away from the courtroom audience several times as he recounted the day he says he accidentally discharged his gun in the dark stairwell where Gurley just happened to be walking. The rookie police officer was briefly excused by the judge to compose himself.
“His eyes were rolled back” and “he was just laying there very still”, Liang said of Gurley, who was struck and killed by Liang’s bullet after it ricocheted off a wall in a stairwell of the Louis Pink houses in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York.
Liang’s testimony came as the trial entered its third week. The officer was indicted for second-degree manslaughter in February for the November 2014 fatal shooting. He is also on trial for several lesser charges, including criminally negligent homicide, assault and official misconduct. Liang faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/08/nypd-officer-peter-liang-testifies-akai-gurley
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