Cop found guilty of manslaughter

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New York (CNN)Officer Peter Liang, who shot and killed an unarmed man in a New York housing project stairwell in 2014, was found guilty of manslaughter and official misconduct on Thursday.

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Gurley was shot in the chest in Brooklyn and died at a hospital in November 2014.
The next day, police Commissioner William Bratton told reporters the 28-year-old was "a total innocent" who fell victim to "a very unfortunate tragedy ... involving an accidental discharge."

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"Then, instead of doing all that he could to help Akai Gurley, he wasted precious time arguing with his partner about calling for help," Assistant District Attorney Marc Fliedner told jurors last month. "In fact, instead of calling for help, he just stood there and whined and moaned about how he would get fired."

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In the darkened stairwell, Liang's gun discharged about the same time that Gurley, the father of a 2-year-old child, and his girlfriend were entering the seventh-floor landing, Bratton said.

The lights on the seventh and eighth floors were not working, Bratton said.

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