Cops who fatally shot knife-wielding Kawaski Trawick inside his apartment in 2019 ‘acted within the law’: NYPD By . Tina Moore. Published April 13, 2024, 12:26 p.m. ET.

As for Kawaski Trawick, shot dead in his home, it was not his responsibility to de-escalate the situation. That was the job of the trained police officers, who failed. He is dead due their actions.

The family of Kawaski Trawick rallied Wednesday with community leaders calling for justice. Video shows officers Brendan Thompson and Herbert Davis responding to the apartment in April 2019.

In 2019, Kawaski Trawick, a 32-year-old Black gay man, was cooking in his own Bronx apartment when two NYPD officers busted open his door, Tased him and then shot him four times. All in a matter ...