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New Yorkers protest in rain after Gurley funeral

“Let’s do everything we can to prevent any more situations like this.”

Clinton Miller, a Christian minister, said that clergy and activists would work together to ensure that justice would prevail.

“We ask that you would allow brother Akai’s name to live forever in our hearts as we continue to fight for what’s right in this country and this world,” he said. “We will all work together to pursue justice.”

A grand jury is set to weigh charges in the case, the latest in a series that has again brought to the fore the distrust felt by many African Americans toward police.

Gurley’s funeral included music from gospel singers, accompanied by a drummer and keyboard player, as well as the reading of a poem by the victim’s sobbing young brother, comforted by a relative.

A video montage of his life was shown from when he was a toddler to a proud father carrying his young daughter and pointing to the camera grinning.

A handful of elected officials, including New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, and various activists also attended the ceremony.

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson said he would present all the evidence for a grand jury to decide whether charges should be brought.

New York’s police commissioner has said Gurley was a totally innocent victim.

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After rookie cop Peter Liang discharged the bullet that struck Gurley, he and partner Shaun Landau did not respond to radio contact for more than 6.5 minutes, the New York Daily News said.

A neighbor instead phoned for the ambulance that rushed Gurley to the hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.

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