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April 17, 2024

New York Police Officers Cleared of Wrongdoing in Fatal Police Shooting of Kawaski Trawick
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Here in New York, two police officers involved in the fatal shooting of
Kawaski Trawick in 2019 will not face internal discipline. New York City
Police Commissioner Edward Caban said officers Brendan Thompson and
Herbert Davis "acted within the law" when they entered Trawick's Bronx
apartment and officer Thompson, who is white, shot him four times.
Trawick, who was 32 and an aspiring dancer, had a history of mental
illness and was living in special housing when he called 911. The two
officers found Trawick holding a knife as he repeatedly told them he was
cooking and asked why the officers were inside his home. The full
incident lasted less than two minutes. The officers did not face
criminal charges.


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