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    Down a Dark Stairwell

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    Poster of the movie Down a Dark Stairwell
    2020     Documentary    
    USA
    1h 23min

    Akai Gurley was shot to death in the unlit stairway of the Brooklyn housing project where he lived, November 20, 2014. Akai was a young black male. His killer was a police officer, a rookie who claimed his gun went off in a misfire. This came in the wake of a summer of conflagration in Ferguson. To the surprise and relief of many, the officer was charged with manslaughter. But there was another salient factor in this case: the cop was Chinese-American, Peter Liang. On the streets, Black Lives Matter advocates faced Asian American protesters who claimed Liang was just another scapegoat.

    Directed byUrsula Liang

    Featuring

    Lesley Steele

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    Photo from the movie Down a Dark Stairwell

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