Peter Liang March
Today I went to a march about justice for Peter Liang.
Peter Liang was an Asian NYPD cop. He was assigned to patrol one of the most dangerous parts of New York, and then, he fired his weapon accidentally down a stairwell with no lights in it. The bullet ricocheted and hit Akai Gurley, a 28-year old. He was killed. This was not the first time a cop killed a black male. And yet he is the only cop that is convicted of a crime. Out of the white policeman who shot a black male in broad daylight 12 times, the white policeman who choked a black male to death, and the Asian policeman who shoots accidentally and kills a man with a ricocheting bullet, the Asian is convicted of manslaughter.
During the march, there were these African-Americans who came in and started shouting "Black Lives Matter!" and swearing at us through a megaphone. A lot of people tried to stop them peacefully, but they wouldn't listen. They left afterwards, laughing like it was a funny joke. A lot of the protesters next to us were shouting back things like "Shut up!" and "Go away!".
I thought it was very chaotic, and I thought violence was going to break out a few times, but I think that the march was still successful, and worth going to.
Peter Liang was an Asian NYPD cop. He was assigned to patrol one of the most dangerous parts of New York, and then, he fired his weapon accidentally down a stairwell with no lights in it. The bullet ricocheted and hit Akai Gurley, a 28-year old. He was killed. This was not the first time a cop killed a black male. And yet he is the only cop that is convicted of a crime. Out of the white policeman who shot a black male in broad daylight 12 times, the white policeman who choked a black male to death, and the Asian policeman who shoots accidentally and kills a man with a ricocheting bullet, the Asian is convicted of manslaughter.
During the march, there were these African-Americans who came in and started shouting "Black Lives Matter!" and swearing at us through a megaphone. A lot of people tried to stop them peacefully, but they wouldn't listen. They left afterwards, laughing like it was a funny joke. A lot of the protesters next to us were shouting back things like "Shut up!" and "Go away!".
I thought it was very chaotic, and I thought violence was going to break out a few times, but I think that the march was still successful, and worth going to.
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