By Sebastien Malo
NEW YORK, Feb 11 (Reuters) – A New York City rookie police officer was charged with manslaughter in the second degree and five other offenses on Wednesday for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in the darkened stairwell of a housing project last November.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has angered much of his police department by his expressions of support for some of the protests, has said Gurley’s death was an “unspeakable” tragedy. (Additional reporting by Shannon Stapleton and Brendan McDermid in New York; Writing by Jonathan Allen; Editing by Nick Zieminski, Bill Trott and Sandra Maler)
