Peter Liang’s Indictment Police officer Peter Liang shot Akai Gurley on November 20, 2014. The bullet pierced his heart and killed him. Liang would then be charged with manslaughter, but because he was the fourth New York Police Department officer to ever have been indicted, people began to question if it was due to racial bias. Liang is Asian-American, and some believe that he was used as a “scapegoat” for the crimes of other officers. However, Liang still committed a serious offense, regardless of previous cases, and his carelessness is not something that can be pardoned. Liang neglected to follow proper conduct. Source F states that Liang said: “It was a quick sound. It startled me,” Liang testified. “The gun just went off when I tensed
