As Civil Suit Dismissed, Peter Liang Expected to Not Appeal Conviction

 

by Chris Fuchs 

A judge this week threw out the last of two lawsuits brought against the City of New York and a former police officer, who was convicted of manslaughter in February for fatally shooting an unarmed man in a Brooklyn housing project almost two years ago.

News of the civil suit's dismissal comes as a close supporter of Peter Liang told NBC News Wednesday that the former New York Police Department (NYPD) cop is not expected to appeal his conviction. A judge reduced Liang's charges in April to criminally negligent homicide with no jail time. 

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Source: NBC News