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Melissa Butler, who was with unarmed Akai Gurley when he was shot and killed by a New York City Police officer, in a pitch-dark, public housing stairwell, attends a news conference outside the office of the Brooklyn District Attorney, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. State Assemblyman-elect Charles Barron told reporters he thinks the shooting of unarmed Akai Gurley by a New York City Police officer, in a pitch-dark stairwell of a public housing complex, warrants a charge of criminally negligent homicide. Butler was with Gurley when he was shot. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Melissa Butler, who was with unarmed Akai Gurley when he was shot and killed by a New York City Police officer, in a pitch-dark, public housing stairwell, attends a news conference outside the office of the Brooklyn District Attorney, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. State Assemblyman-elect Charles Barron told reporters he thinks the shooting of unarmed Akai Gurley by a New York City Police officer, in a pitch-dark stairwell of a public housing complex, warrants a charge of criminally negligent homicide. Butler was with Gurley when he was shot. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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