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10 February 2015 Last updated at 21:18 GMT
NY policeman charged over stairwell shooting
A police officer has been charged over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in a block of flats in New York City, according to a lawyer in the case.
Scott Rynecki told the Associated Press that Officer Peter Liang had been charged by a grand jury in the death of Akai Gurley, who was black.
When grand juries declined to charge officers over the deaths of other black men, there were nationwide protests.
After Mr Gurley's death in November, police said it was an accident.
Mr Rynecki is the lawyer for Mr Gurley's partner.
She and Mr Gurley opened the door into the dark stairwell when the police officer was patrolling the flats on 20 November.
Police say Mr Liang fired without a word and apparently by accident.
Unnamed officials involved in the case told US media on Tuesday there would be charges but it is not clear what they will be.
