Thousands rally in Brooklyn to support ex-cop Peter Liang after conviction in death of Akai Gurley
'One tragedy, two victims'
Ten to 15,000 protesters, the vast majority Asian American, poured into Cadman Plaza Park in Downtown Brooklyn on Saturday to support NYPD Officer Peter Liang, the rookie cop convicted of fatally shooting Akai Gurley in a darkened stairwell in a Brooklyn housing project.
“Justice for Peter Liang! Justice for all!” the crowd chanted.
Gurley, a 28-year-old African-American who had two children, died after Liang’s bullet ricocheted off a stairwell wall at the Louis Pink Houses in East New York in November 2014.