I think what he did was moronic and if he had been screened properly wouldn't have happened. he wasn't ready to be put on patrol like thatI respect this family, not wanting Sharptongue tells me all I need to know about them
I hope they get justice and the idiot chicken shit cop gets jail
Jesse Jackass & Sharptongue get paid by business and cities to stay away and not riot, they hold cities to ransomEven the most experienced officer's would have been scared to be put there. I don't blame the family for filing a law suit. The fact they didn't call for help immediately alone gives a clear picture of recklessness.
Just wondering does Sharptongue get a cut for everything he tries to put his nose in? I see his face in so many things and I have always wondered does he just go to these places voluntarily or does the family ask him to step in or what? I know that not all of the families that he gets involved with needs his help and appear able to handle things on their own and maybe they didn't want him to be involved in their business to begin with.
Regardless, they were to patrol the exterior. "vertical patrols" of stairways or halls had been specifically prohibited by their Chief months earlier.Lynch emphasized in his statement that Liang was assigned to patrol what he described as one of the city's most dangerous housing projects.
New policies were enacted by the Housing Authority after officers pulled a gun on a maintenance crew and fatally shot an unarmed man in a stairwell in a separate incident.
According to a New York Post report:
“[The elevator workers] were basically told the reason was because of recent incidents where cops had pulled a gun on a caretaker and a supervisor on the roof of a housing project,” a source said.
“No one got shot, but they also referred to the cop shooting and were told, ‘We’re doing this for your protection. Your lives are in jeopardy, and we don’t want you to get hurt,’ ” the source said
Pulling no punches, one Housing Authority supervisor allegedly told his crews that the new policy was due to NYPD cops being “trigger-happy.”
In addition to wearing the bright orange vests, workers will now also be required to wear their official identification on a neck lanyard.
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“The issuance of the safety vests was one action taken to increase safety for elevator personnel through our ongoing ‘Safety in Motion’ initiative. Although not tied to any particular incident, we hope that this simple action will further protect these hardworking employees and allow them to be easily identified when needed,” the spokeswoman said.
Regardless of the Housing Authority’s public statements, it’s quite clear that new measures are a response to the overall violent demeanor of the NYPD. More specifically, they are in response to the killing of unarmed father of two Akai Gurley in a dimly lit stairwell on November 20, 2014.
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Trial has started . @Wolf_of_Mars , from your post I can see that you are very knowledgeable about firearms, thought this would interest you.
http://m.nydailynews.com/new-york/n...ley-shooting-not-accidental-article-1.2512736
An NYPD firearms expert testified that it takes over eleven pounds of force to pull the trigger of a city-issued 9-mm handgun, casting doubt on the defense argument that a rookie cop accidentally shot Akai Gurley to death.
An NYPD firearms expert testified that it takes over eleven pounds of force to pull the trigger of a city-issued 9-mm handgun, casting doubt on the defense argument that a rookie cop accidentally shot Akai Gurley to death.
Shows how awful these crime infested trash ass housing projects are
NEW YORK (AP) — A rookie police officer who shot an unarmed man dead in a darkened public housing stairwell was convicted Thursday of manslaughter in a case closely watched by advocates for police accountability.
The courtroom audience gasped and Officer Peter Liang, who had broken into tears as he testified about the 2014 shooting of Akai Gurley, buried his head in his hands as the verdict came after 17 hours of jury deliberations. Liang is the first New York City police officer convicted in an on-duty death since 2005.
The manslaughter charge, a felony, carries up to 15 years in prison, though no requirement for any prison time. Liang was dismissed from the New York Police Department right after the verdict. His sentencing is April 14.
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Brooklyn state Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun has yet to rule on Liang's lawyers' request to dismiss the charges. Liang also was convicted of official misconduct, a misdemeanor.
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said "justice was done" for Gurley.
"He was an innocent man who was killed by a police officer who violated his training," said Thompson, whose mother was a police officer.
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Liang's lawyers said they struggled to understand how the jury could find him guilty in a shooting he said happened accidentally in a pitch-dark stairway.
"If that's not a time to pull out your gun, I don't know when is," said defense lawyer Robert Brown. He said Liang would appeal.
Liang, who remains free on bail, left the courthouse without comment.
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True story:This crime was only an "accident" in that the rookie officer got spooked. He meant to fire at the thing that spooked him. He just didn't mean it to be an innocent, unarmed person.
And, since @Wolf_of_Mars has inspired me to share my favorite race stories...
Once, when I lived in the hood, I was walking the dog at night, when a young man I didn't know was there stepped out from behind an SUV. I responded, "Ooh! You spooked me!" in a friendly tone. He got pissed, assumed I had called him "a spook" (in the friendliest voice ever?) and began hurling slurs and insults, and then threatened to take my dog.
Like I said. Minorities. Can't win. :hilarious:
True story:
Shit, we must have been 6 and 7 years-old, we didn't know any better, but I remember my mom yelling at us for it:shrug:OMG. I almost have a hard time believing that is true it is so priceless. That should be in a movie. FUCK. That killed me. I feel bad for the gas man though... I'm the awkward type that would stand there explaining the whole story to him lmao...
2. You NEVER pull the trigger until you have identified what you are shooting at and KNOW that you intend to kill it.
Shit, we must have been 6 and 7 years-old, we didn't know any better, but I remember my mom yelling at us for it
I respect this family, not wanting Sharptongue tells me all I need to know about them
I hope they get justice and the idiot chicken shit cop gets jail
who was killed by a police officer who violated his training
We had a recent story of an officer being recorded shooting a suspect in the back for running away from him.
.(how dare he run from ME!) he is being recorded while he panics...he is being recorded when he tries to plant his tazer on the dead guy instead of getting aid. He is being recorded being confronted by an arriving officer...and lying about the tazer. MURDER for him...We cannot afford to have cops that use force and especially lethal force as a primary course of action
Right but that isn't the case here.
Not the same
It is the same if they shoot first! <3
And this happened in Boston in the seventies? Oh my goodness. Extra especially awkward.Shit, we must have been 6 and 7 years-old, we didn't know any better, but I remember my mom yelling at us for it:shrug:
Don't forget, vertical patrols of building interiors had been abolished well before this happened. They were not supposed to even be there.
@Jake88 - I really liked your comment about psych testing and I'm *all* about training, continuing ed., and annual reviews in law enforcement. Call me a dreamer, but I think these ought to be a nationwide, standardized thing and a j.o.b. requirement, with psych evals/retesting required every 3-5 years-ish to make sure our LEOs are still stable enough for the job