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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2069406" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3456387/Thousands-rally-NYC-US-officers-conviction.html" target="_blank">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3456387/Thousands-rally-NYC-US-officers-conviction.html</a></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Nearly 15,000 people protest in New York over Asian-American cop's manslaughter conviction for shooting unarmed black man</strong></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Crowds accused authorities of 'scapegoating' Chinese-American cop</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Liang was convicted Feb 11 after shooting unarmed Akai Gurley in 2014</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>But supporters say it was an accident and he was only convicted due to growing anger over police shootings</strong><br /> 'No scapegoat! No scapegoat!' protesters shouted, angry that Liang, who was fired immediately after a jury convicted him, now faces up to 15 years in prison. In court, Liang had testified that he had drawn his gun when entering a Brooklyn housing project and that he fired after being startled by a noise. His bullet ricocheted off a wall and struck Gurley, who subsequently died. Liang has never denied the killing, but says that it was an accident, not a crime. <br /> Liang's February 11 conviction for accidentally killing Akai Gurley, 28, with a stray bullet only occurred because he is a minority, and that it was intended to pacify those who are angry about other shootings of minorities by police in the US, which has been a hot topic over the past year.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2069406, member: 12952"] [URL]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3456387/Thousands-rally-NYC-US-officers-conviction.html[/URL] [SIZE=6][B]Nearly 15,000 people protest in New York over Asian-American cop's manslaughter conviction for shooting unarmed black man[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][B]Crowds accused authorities of 'scapegoating' Chinese-American cop[/B] [*][B]Liang was convicted Feb 11 after shooting unarmed Akai Gurley in 2014[/B] [*][B]But supporters say it was an accident and he was only convicted due to growing anger over police shootings[/B] 'No scapegoat! No scapegoat!' protesters shouted, angry that Liang, who was fired immediately after a jury convicted him, now faces up to 15 years in prison. In court, Liang had testified that he had drawn his gun when entering a Brooklyn housing project and that he fired after being startled by a noise. His bullet ricocheted off a wall and struck Gurley, who subsequently died. Liang has never denied the killing, but says that it was an accident, not a crime. Liang's February 11 conviction for accidentally killing Akai Gurley, 28, with a stray bullet only occurred because he is a minority, and that it was intended to pacify those who are angry about other shootings of minorities by police in the US, which has been a hot topic over the past year. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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