Jhené Aiko and Larry June's latest appearance, in their brand new 'California Dream' music video, has fans wondering if the two are dating.
Donovan Mitchell and Coco Jones are balancing their newlywed bliss with workouts on a luxurious yacht.
There is nothing that can be done to bring back a loved one who’s life was cut short due to the unnecessary violence at the hands of police officers, but perhaps the family of Akai Gurley can manage to find some peace and comfort in knowing that a settlement was reached in the wrongful death […]
There is nothing that can be done to bring back a loved one who’s life was cut short due to the unnecessary violence at the hands of police officers, but perhaps the family of Akai Gurley can manage to find some peace and comfort in knowing that a settlement was reached in the wrongful death […]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has reached a settlement of more than $4 million with the family of an unarmed man fatally shot by a police officer in a darkened stairwell nearly two years ago, the attorney for the family said Tuesday. The city is paying $4.1 million and the New York City […]
Williams was caught selling MetroCard swipes on September 17, 2013 and ran from the police. He was eventually tackled to the ground and restrained by handcuffs at 1:57 p.m., according to the surveillance footage.
NEW YORK (AP) — A former police officer convicted in the shooting death of an unarmed man in a darkened stairwell was spared prison time Tuesday, and a judge reduced his manslaughter conviction to a lesser charge. Peter Liang was sentenced to five years’ probation and 800 hours of community service in the 2014 shooting […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A rookie police officer will find out whether he will be spared prison time following his manslaughter conviction in the accidental shooting death of an unarmed man in a darkened stairwell. Peter Liang was fired from the police force shortly after the February jury verdict in the death of Akai Gurley. […]
A judge ruled Thursday that a manslaughter conviction will stand against a former New York Police officer who shot and killed an unarmed Black man in a public housing stairwell, The Associated Press reports.
NEW YORK (AP) — A manslaughter conviction against a former police officer who accidentally shot an unarmed man in a public housing project stairwell will stand, a judge decided Thursday, ruling that a juror didn’t intentionally withhold information during jury selection. Peter Liang was convicted in February in the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Akai Gurley […]
Roland Martin talks to Tamika Mallory of the New York Justice League, about the black Brooklyn DA not wanting the cop who killed Akai Gurley to go to prison. “Certainly it is a miscarriage of justice. we are completely floored that this is happening. The jurors have even said they don’t know why the convicted […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor said Wednesday that he has asked a judge not to give any jail time to a New York City police officer convicted of accidentally firing a stray shot into a public housing stairwell that killed an unarmed man. Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said justice will be served if […]