NEW YORK (AP) — A rookie police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to manslaughter, official misconduct and other charges in the shooting death of a man in a pitch black stairwell of a Brooklyn public housing complex.
Officer Peter Liang appeared briefly in a Brooklyn courtroom as the charges, which also include criminally negligent homicide and assault, were unsealed in the death of 28-year-old Akai Gurley. Liang's attorney, Stephen Worth, maintained the shooting was an accident. The officer was released without bail.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
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