Grand Jury Will Convene to Consider Another Police Shooting in New York

[icanthearyou 4,462]

http://news.yahoo.com/grand-jury-weigh-police-shooting-unarmed-black-man-183059928.html

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The district attorney in Brooklyn on Friday said he will convene a grand jury to consider charges against a New York police officer for the Nov. 20 fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in the stairwell of a public housing project.

The decision comes two days after a grand jury in the borough of Staten Island opted against charging a police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner, during an arrest attempt for selling loose cigarettes.

The panel's decision in the Garner case triggered widespread street protests in New York and other cities.

In the Brooklyn shooting, police officials have said Officer Peter Liang's gun may have discharged by accident, striking 28-year-old Akai Gurley in the chest and killing him.

Liang, a rookie police officer, was on routine patrol of a housing project known as the Pink Houses when he entered a dark stairwell at about the same time that Gurley entered from a lower floor.

The officer's gun discharged a single shot, killing Gurley, the father of a 2-year-old child.

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson said on Friday he would present evidence to a grand jury, adding that it was important to "get to the bottom of what happened."

"I pledge to conduct a full and fair investigation and to give the grand jury all of the information necessary to do its job," he said in a statement.

The news came just hours before Gurley's friends and family were set to gather with civil rights leaders for his wake on Friday evening.

At a news conference earlier in the day, a tearful Sylvia Palmer, Gurley's mother, demanded justice for her son.

[TheBlueVue 177]

What will you have left to do once this hysteria about cops hunting down and killing black people dies out? You know it will, what then? Its all orchestrated.

These things happen but the undeniable truth is, 99% of all confrontations blacks have with police end without incident but the media cant sell stories by focusing on the bigger picture. They simply must focus on the one percent so people like you can have a reason to be righteously indignant and demand change.

[around4ever 4,139]

What will you have left to do once this hysteria about cops hunting down and killing black people dies out? You know it will, what then? Its all orchestrated.

These things happen but the undeniable truth is, 99% of all confrontations blacks have with police end without incident but the media cant sell stories by focusing on the bigger picture. They simply must focus on the one percent so people like you can have a reason to be righteously indignant and demand change.

Orchestrated? You mean like the Ebola epidemic. When was the last time you heard anything about Ebola?

[Weegle777 78]

Seems our society has this "YOU MUST GIVE ME SOMETHING TO ADVOCATE FOR OR I CAN'T LIVE!" outlook now. Can't we just live without people constantly stirring up strife?

[cptau 169]

What will you have left to do once this hysteria about cops hunting down and killing black people dies out? You know it will, what then? Its all orchestrated.

These things happen but the undeniable truth is, 99% of all confrontations blacks have with police end without incident but the media cant sell stories by focusing on the bigger picture. They simply must focus on the one percent so people like you can have a reason to be righteously indignant and demand change.

Orchestrated? You mean like the Ebola epidemic. When was the last time you heard anything about Ebola?

The ebola tzar fixed that. The guy has never been seen doing anything in public, but I think behind the scenes he is controlling what is said by the CDC and pressures the media on what they report.

[cptau 169]

I read that the NYPD puts rookie cops on patrols inside this high rise buildings because they think there's less risk there than putting them out on the streets. Being in a dark stairwell called for having their weapons drawn. This should be classified as just a bad accident, but the politicians are involved now.

[homersapien 11,368]

I read that the NYPD puts rookie cops on patrols inside this high rise buildings because they think there's less risk there than putting them out on the streets. Being in a dark stairwell called for having their weapons drawn. This should be classified as just a bad accident, but the politicians are involved now.

Based on what?

[alexava 6,973]

What will you have left to do once this hysteria about cops hunting down and killing black people dies out? You know it will, what then? Its all orchestrated.

These things happen but the undeniable truth is, 99% of all confrontations blacks have with police end without incident but the media cant sell stories by focusing on the bigger picture. They simply must focus on the one percent so people like you can have a reason to be righteously indignant and demand change.

probably less than one percent. A lot less.