Thread by @propublica

Columnist @errollouis pleaded today to “watch the troubling video of the final moments of Kawaski Trawick’s life,” which is “every bit as sad and outrageous” as the videos of Eric Garner or George Floyd.

We agree: You need to know about it. Here's why👇

nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…

2/ Two years ago, an NYPD officer killed Trawick in his own apartment, less than two minutes after arriving.
Trawick had been holding a bread knife & a stick. The officer’s own (Black and more experienced) partner told him, “No, no, don’t don’t.”

propublica.org/article/it-was…

3/ We published video showing it all:
•Trawick just standing in his own apt
•Officer fires Taser w/o warning
•His partner repeatedly tries to stop him
•Officer shoots 3x, pauses, shoots again
•Trawick dies almost instantly

Warning: Graphic footage
propublica.org/article/the-ny…

4/ Then we published body camera footage that the NYPD had long refused to release, showing the immediate moments after Kawaski was killed.

“Who’s injured?” asked a sergeant as she arrived at Trawick’s door.
Two officers respond: “Nobody. Just a perp.”

propublica.org/article/nobody…

5/ The NYPD refused to release info about the Trawick case for a year and half. It wouldn’t even share footage with civilian investigators.

Then, a few weeks ago, the NYPD told us: "There was no discipline as no wrongdoing was found."

propublica.org/article/what-p…

6/ @nycmayor has been asked 3x recently about the NYPD completely clearing the officer who killed Kawaski.
His responses?
“I certainly will look into” it (to @yoavgonen)
“I don’t know all the facts of the case” (to @BrianLehrer)
“I am looking into that case” (to @errollouis)

7/ The Trawick story is part of our ongoing series, The NYPD Files, which investigates issues of abuse and impunity inside America's largest police force:
propublica.org/series/the-nyp…