Another young man has been killed by the NYPD. Unarmed, as is so often the case.
A “nervous” rookie cop fatally shot an unarmed man without a word of warning in the stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project late Thursday, a police source said.
The victim’s helpless girlfriend recounted Friday how she was left to watch Akai Gurley die after the single gunshot tore into his chest without so much as a word of warning.
Officer Peter Liang, who fired the fatal shot, “heard a noise,” a police source told the Daily News. “It was dark. He must have been nervous.”
I would hope that he'll at least be reprimanded, although at this point a lack thereof won't surprise me one bit. I'm sure he's off on his paid vacation already.