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Oct 31
1 min

[Hell Gate NYC] Eric Adams Does Not Want to Be Asked About Kawaski Trawick

Four weeks ago, on October 3, Hell Gate asked Eric Adams at his first off-topic press conference about the fact that the NYPD was...

Oct 17
2 min

[El Diario] Presionan por despido de oficial involucrado en la muerte de Allan Feliz

Una sanción disciplinaria e incluso un castigo firme a este policía, no me va a devolver a mi hijo. Pero sí podría evitar que a otra...

Oct 16
1 min

[News 12] Allan Feliz's family says Civilian Complaint Review Board is last chance for justice

Tuesday marks four years since Allan Feliz died following a traffic stop in the Norwood section when he was shot by an NYPD officer....

Oct 11
1 min

[Gay City News] Families escalate pressure on mayor, NYPD amid looming decision in Trawick case

Family members of the late Kawaski Trawick, Allan Feliz and Antonio Williams — all killed by police in separate incidents — gathered with...

Oct 11
1 min

[News 12] Families who say they’ve lost loved ones to NYPD rally for justice at City Hall

Multiple families who claim that they have lost loved ones at the hands of the NYPD rallied and demanded justice outside of City Hall on...

Oct 10
2 min

[Them] Protestors Demand Justice for Kawaski Trawick, a Black Gay Man Fatally Shot by the NYPD

Dozens of people gathered outside City Hall in lower Manhattan on Tuesday to demand justice for Kawaski Trawick, a 32-year-old Black gay...

Oct 4
1 min

[Gay City News] Officers should be held accountable in Kawaski Trawick case

More than four years after the fatal police shooting of an out gay man, Kawaski Trawick, there continues to be a glaring lack of...

Oct 2
2 min

[BlackStar News]NYPD Killing Of Trawick: Advocates, Elected Officials Call For Firing Of Killer-Cops

Today, community organizations, New York City elected officials, and people from across all five boroughs joined together to rally...

Sep 27
2 min

[Hell Gate NYC] The NYPD Killed Kawaski Trawick. New York City Failed Him.

The NYPD is above the law when they kill New Yorkers, and no case better illustrates this heartbreaking and enraging fact than the case...

Sep 27
1 min

[The City] Protesters Call on Police Commissioner Caban to Fire Officers in Trawick Killing

Dozens of protesters rallied outside police headquarters in downtown Manhattan Thursday to urge NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban to buck...

Sep 26
1 min

[Gaycity News] NYPD official recommends no punishment for cops in Kawaski Trawick case

A deputy NYPD commissioner tasked with overseeing administrative trials has recommended against punishing the two police officers who...

Sep 24
2 min

[The City] No Discipline Recommended for Cops in Killing of Kawaski Trawick

The NYPD’s head of administrative trials is recommending no punishment for two police officers involved in the shooting death of...

Sep 24
1 min

[News 12] City and state officials call for justice in case of Allan Feliz

A group of 37 New York City and New York state elected officials gathered Monday to call for justice and impartiality in the case of...

Aug 16
1 min

[Amsterdam News] Stop and Frisk 10 Years Later: How Many More Stops?

Ten years ago [last week], a federal judge rejected the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York City Police Department, finding that it...

Jul 18
1 min

[City and State NYC] The NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices are still here but under a new name

One decade ago this summer, a federal court found the New York City Police Department’s abusive stop-and-frisk practices...

Jul 17
1 min

[News 12] Family of son fatally struck by police in 2022 sues NYPD

The family of a man who was fatally struck by a police van last year is suing the NYPD. Ronald Anthony Smith was killed in April 2022 by...

Jun 12
1 min

[Blackstar News] CPR: “Sewell –With Adams’ Oversight – Has Emboldened The NYPD To Act With Impunity”

New York, NY – In response to this week’s announcement that NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell is resigning, Communities United for Police...

Jun 11
1 min

[News 12] Elected officials and local organizations demand cuts to NYPD budget

Community organizations and elected officials are calling on the mayor’s office to cut funding from the NYPD and use it for other...

May 22
2 min

[News One] No Charges For Cops Whose Speeding Van Killed Black Pedestrian After Running Red Light

The NYPD officers manning a police van that killed a Black pedestrian by running him over after speeding through red lights during a...

May 21
1 min

[CBS News] Family of Ronald Anthony Smith, outraged officers will not be charged

NEW YORK -- The family of a man struck and killed by a police van in Brooklyn is outraged that two officers involved will not face...

May 21
1 min

[News 12] Family of Allan Feliz demands justice nearly 4 years after his death

The family of Allan Feliz met with the Civilian Complaint Review Board on Wednesday as they continue to demand justice nearly four years...

May 21
1 min

[Gothamist] NYPD officer to face disciplinary charges for 2019 killing

An NYPD officer accused of beating, shooting and killing a Bronx man in 2019 now faces charges that could lead to his firing from the...

May 14
1 min

[Gay City News] Kawaski Trawick’s family awaits answers after NYPD disciplinary trial

The disciplinary trial for the two cops involved in the 2019 police shooting of an out gay man, Kawaski Trawick, ended on May 12 against...

Apr 26
1 min

[NY1] City Council shows support for Trawick family amid criticism over NYPD budget

Ellen and Rickie Trawick are in New York City as the two officers involved in the death of their son Kawaski are facing an administrative...

Apr 26
1 min

[NY1 ICH] Kawaski Trawick's parents talk about NYPD disciplinary trial involving their son

Kawaski Trawick's parents, Ellen and Ricky Trawick, and Loyda Colon, the executive director of the nonprofit Justice Committee, which...

Apr 23
1 min

[El Diario]Oficial que disparó fatalmente a hombre en El Bronx en 2019 enfrenta un juicio..

El agente de la policía de Nueva York que estuvo durante un tiroteo fatal en El Bronx en 2019 enfrentará un juicio disciplinario por...

Apr 23
1 min

[PIX11]‘He wasn’t a threat to them’: Family of Bronx man wants cops fired as NYPD disciplinary trial

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Four years after police shot and killed a man in the Bronx, an internal NYPD disciplinary trial against two officers...

Apr 23
1 min

[APNews] 4 years later, a disciplinary hearing in fatal NYPD shooting

NEW YORK (AP) — Kawaski Trawick’s interaction with the police lasted less than two minutes. Starting with a door knock, it ended with the...

Apr 19
2 min

[Gay City News] Trawick family blasts reports of dropped charge against officers before disciplinary

One of the misconduct charges against the officers involved in the fatal 2019 police shooting of 32-year-old gay man Kawaski Trawick was...

Apr 19
1 min

[City Limits] The NYPD’s Abuse of Sealed Arrest Records Jeopardizes All New Yorkers

In 2012, co-author Natasha Duncan’s sister, Shantel Davis, was shot to death by the NYPD. As Natasha’s family roiled in shock and tried...

Apr 11
1 min

[The City] Cops Who Killed Kawaski Trawick Should be Fired, His Parents Say Before Trial

Ahead of the disciplinary trial of two NYPD officers who shot and killed a 32-year-old man in his own apartment four years ago, the...

Mar 26
1 min

[News 12] New Yorkers demand more details on how NYPD chooses who to stop

New Yorkers rallied outside of City Hall Monday to call on the City Council to pass a new legislation that would require the NYPD to...

Mar 23
1 min

[Them] NYPD Cops Killed a Gay Black Man. Their Union Wants the Mayor to Dismiss the Charges

The largest union representing the New York City police department has asked Mayor Eric Adams to dismiss misconduct charges against two...

Mar 15
1 min

[Gay City News] Elected officials call on city to keep disciplinary trial date in Trawick case

Dozens of state and city elected officials signed a letter calling on Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell to move...

Feb 22
1 min

[News 12] Family calls for justice at rally for Ronald A. Smith

A remembrance rally took place outside of Attorney General Letitia James’s office on Wednesday night for the late Ronald Anthony Smith....

Feb 8
1 min

[AMNY]Advocates, pols rally at City Hall for the passage of bills requiring more police transparency

Community officials and advocates gathered at City Hall on Wednesday to call for legislation that would ensure more accountability and...

Feb 8
1 min

[News 12] Rally outside City Hall calls for more transparency from NYPD

Following the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of police officers in Memphis, advocates and City Council members are calling on the...

Feb 2
1 min

[BK Reader]'It Was Desecration': Family Of Man Killed By Police On Eastern Pkway Responds To Bodycam

Julie Floyd’s son called his mom last April to tell her the police were at his door with news about his uncle Anthony. Brooklyn officers...

Jan 26
2 min

[Black Star News] 78 Organizations Denounce Eric Adams Budget Proposal in City Council Letter

New York, NY - Wednesday, 78 organizations sent a letter calling on Speaker Adrienne Adams and the City Council to end the Mayor’s...

Jan 13
1 min

[Gothamist] Video shows NYPD van hitting and killing pedestrian on busy Brooklyn street

Recently released surveillance and body camera footage showing an NYPD van fatally hitting a man on a busy Brooklyn street in April...

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