The family of Akai Gurley, an unarmed black man who was shot and killed in Brooklyn last November, said they are going to sue New York City for $50 million.
Lawyers for the family of Gurley have filed legal papers that holds the city, the New York housing authority, and police liable for his death.
Gurley was shot at the stairwell at the notorious Louis Pink houses East New York, a neighborhood in Brooklyn by NYPD officer Peter Liang. Liang and his partner were both rookie officers and were doing a routine patrol when the incident took place.
: Family members of Akai Gurley attend his funeral service at the Brown Memorial Baptist Church on December 6, 2014 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Kena Betancur/Getty Images
