The funeral for Akai Gurley, killed by a police officer in the Pink Houses. Family, friends and activists are calling for a full investigation into his death.

Public Housing Policing Under Scrutiny

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 16, 2014

The death of Akai Gurley during a police patrol has raised questions about how NYC's public housing developments are policed and whether using NYPD to enforce NYCHA rules oversteps. Daryl Khan, New York bureau chief of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and Gregory "Fritz" Umbach, professor of history at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, discuss policing in public housing.

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