Rookie NYPD officer who shot Akai Gurley in stairwell was texting union rep as victim lay dying

[Ykcutnek]

While Akai Gurley was dying in a darkened stairwell at a Brooklyn housing development, the cop who fired the fatal bullet was texting his union representative, sources told the Daily News.

Right after rookie cop Peter Liang discharged a single bullet that struck Gurley, 28, he and his partner Shaun Landau were incommunicado for more than six and a half minutes, sources said Thursday.

In the critical moments after the Nov. 20 shooting, the cops’ commanding officer and an emergency operator — responding to a 911 call from a neighbor and knowing the duo was in the area — tried to reach them in vain, sources said.

“That’s showing negligence,” said a law enforcement source of the pair’s decision to text their union rep before making a radio call for help.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/exclusive-texted-union-rep-akai-gurley-lay-dying-article-1.2034219

[SummerSnow]

1. So after killing Mr.Gurley in cold blood. You call your union? " help me cover this up"

[Ykcutnek]

2. Mhm. Un-fucking-believable. Well, not really, but still. nt

[bravenak]

4. I can't believe this shit.

[justiceischeap]

3. Wonder if they'll get indicted... probably not.

I hear black men in stairwells are scary.

[Downwinder]

5. What were they doing in the stairwell?

Were they there for a pay-off and afraid of being observed?