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Here is the full list of charges Liang faces in the death of Akai Gurley. Story soon via@Brooklyn_Paper pic.twitter.com/e3tcRL6uWWPeter Liang pleaded not guilty to all the indictments. He has not testified before the jury yet.
— Noah Hurowitz (@NoahHurowitz) 11 февраля 2015
Even some of those who became Nazis at this time did not fully realize what they were doing. They might think that they stood for nationalism and socialism, were against the Jews and for the pre-1914--18 status quo ... Still, they expected all that to take the humane forms usual in a civilized nation. Most of them would have been deeply shocked if one had suggested that what they really stood for were torture chambers and officially decreed pogroms ... (Sebastian Haffner, Defying Hitler, p. 103)
Comment: There doesn't seem to be any reason given for why the officer even had his weapon in hand. The innocent man was not a threat, yet not only was he killed in cold-blood, but the officers didn't even call for help immediately which if it were an accident would be the very first thing, aside from providing to aid to the victim, that they would do. Police too often feel like they can shoot first and cover up later. They need to start paying for their police state actions. A guilty verdict in this case would be a step in that direction.