News on Kawaski Trawick

For immediate release: October 10, 2023

Mother of Kawaski Trawick, Community Groups and Elected Officials Demand Firing of Officers Who Killed Her Son

New York, New York -  Today, Ellen Trawick, mother of Kawaski Trawick, was joined by elected officials, community groups, and advocates from across the city to demand that Mayor Adams and Commissioner Caban take immediate action to ensure Officers Brendan Thompson and Herbert Davis are fired. Kawaski Trawick, a 32-year-old Black gay man, was cooking in his own Bronx apartment when officers Thompson and Davis broke the chain on his door, illegally entered his apartment, and then tased and shot him within 112 seconds in 2019.

NYPD follows its same bad playbook on brutality in Kawaski Trawick case

10/04/2023
Daily News

In 2015, I was brutalized and body-slammed by an NYPD officer in front of a Midtown hotel for a case of mistaken identity — he apparently thought I looked like someone who committed credit card fraud, and that was a good enough reason to be violently thrown to the ground, detained and handcuffed.

NYPD Recommends No Punishment for Officers Who Shot Kawaski Trawick

THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW
09/28/2023
WNYC

Yoav Gonen, senior reporter for The City, recounts what happened when a police officer killed Kawaski Trawick in his apartment in The Bronx back in 2019, and why the NYPD is not recommending any discipline or misconduct charges for the two officers who were involved. Call ins by Jawanza Williams, Managing Director Of Organizing, VOCAL-NYC

Protesters Call on Police Commissioner Caban to Fire Officers in Trawick Killing

The family of Kawaski Trawick, who was shot and killed in his Bronx apartment in 2019, also demanded a meeting with Mayor Adams ahead of any decision by the NYPD.
09/28/2023
The City

Dozens of protesters rallied outside police headquarters in downtown Manhattan Thursday to urge NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban to buck the recommendation of an administrative judge that the officers involved in the shooting death of 32-year-old Kawaski Trawick face no discipline.

Trawick, a personal trainer and dancer with a history of mental health and substance use challenges, was shot and killed by officer Brendan Thompson while cooking in his Bronx apartment in April 2019. 

For immediate release: September 25, 2023

Cops who Killed Kawaski Trawick May Avoid Accountability: Draft NYPD Report Recommends Charges be Dismissed Against Officers Who Killed Black Gay Man, Kawaski Trawick, in His Own Home

Four months after the disciplinary trial against Officers Brendan Thompson and Herbert Davis for the 2019 killing of Kawaski Trawick, the NYPD deputy commissioner who oversaw the trial recommended that

For immediate release: June 13, 2023

Communities United for Police Reform Responds to NYPD Commissioner Sewell's Resignation

In response to yesterday’s announcement that NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell is resigning, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) issued the following statement from CPR spokesperson Loyda Colon (they/them), Executive Director of the Justice Committee: “NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell and Mayor Adams made repeated early promises to better care for and protect New Yorkers, including ensuring meaningful police accountability. By this measure, and by many, many more,  Sewell’s tenure and Adams’ approach to public safety have been abject failures.  Under Sewell and Adams’ watch, the NYPD has been more consistently violent and hyper-aggressive and less accountable than at any time since Giuliani was mayor.
For immediate release: May 11, 2023

In shock decision, judge in police killing trial moves to block oral closing arguments

New York - Tonight, the first day of testimony after a two-week adjournmen

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