Family of man shot by police files claims against NYC
NYPD Commissioner William Bratton. AP photo
The family of an unarmed man shot by a police officer in a Brooklyn housing project stairway has notified the city that it intends to file lawsuits seeking $50 million.
The attorney for the mother of Akai Gurley’s toddler daughter filed legal paperwork on Thursday.
Gurley was shot to death on Nov. 20.
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