It has been four years and 10 days since Ellen Trawick’s son Kawaski was killed by a New York City police officer in his apartment.
The NYPD officer at the center of a deadly shooting in The Bronx four years ago will face a disciplinary trial on Monday.
Officer Brendan Thompson, along with his partner Herbert Davis, will be prosecuted by the Civilian Complaint Review Board on internal charges of excessive force, abuse of authority and failure to obtain medical treatment in the death of 32-year-old Kawaski Trawick.
An NYPD judge ruled to toss trespassing charges against the officers at the center of a fatal 2019 shooting in The Bronx — sparking a heated shouting match with attorneys for the city’s police watchdog before the cops’ disciplinary trialcould even get going on Monday.
The dramatic exchange between NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Trials Rosemary Maldonaldo and Civilian Complaint Review Board lawyer Andre Applewhite erupted just minutes into the first day of trial for Officers Brendan Thompson and Herbert Davis in the death of 32-year-old Kawaski Trawick.
An NYPD official has quietly dropped one of several misconduct charges against officers after one shot and killed a Bronx man during a mental health crisis in 2019.
The move was made just days before a disciplinary hearing set for Monday.
One of the misconduct charges against the officers involved in the fatal 2019 police shooting of 32-year-old gay man Kawaski Trawick was dropped just days before the beginning of a disciplinary trial in the case.
New York, NY - As the nation continues to grieve the brutal police killings of Tyre Nichols and Anthony Lowe Jr. and grapple with a path towards meaningful police reform, families who’ve lost loved ones to the NYPD and other directly impacted New Yorkers, advocates and elected officials gathered on the steps of City Hall to push for passage of vital police transparency legislation and call for action to strengthen NYPD accountability.
Following the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of police officers in Memphis, advocates and City Council members are calling on the NYPD to provide more transparency in their operations.
The reform advocates were joined by community organizations outside City Hall on Wednesday, demanding new legislation be passed that would force police to report more of their interactions with the public.
![[photo caption] New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams speaks at a rally on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Advocates, elected officials and families affected by police violence called for passage of NYPD transparency and accountability legislation in the City Council. Photo by Paul Frangipane](https://www.changethenypd.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/02082023_pf_how_many_stops_act_presser_07-1200x800.jpeg?itok=L7_Yo9hJ "[photo caption] New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams speaks at a rally on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Advocates, elected officials and families affected by police violence called for passage of NYPD transparency and accountability legislation in the City Council. Photo by Paul Frangipane")
Community officials and advocates gathered at City Hall on Wednesday to call for legislation that would ensure more accountability and transparency from the New York City Police Department.
Victoria Davis and Victor Dempsey, siblings of Delrawn Small, Communities United for Police Reform, and the Justice Committee are demanding that NYPD Officer Wayne Isaacs, who killed Small in 2016, be fired. The group met with the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) regarding the case.
The nonprofit newsroom, THE CITY, hosted a panel discussion in Flatiron about the future of policing in New York City under a new mayoral administration. Moderated by THE CITY Deputy Editor Hasani Gittens, the Nov. 10 discussion explored police reform efforts that have worked and how they could be implemented by the NYPD.