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A Bronx cop testified in an NYPD departmental trial that his partner made a mistake when he shot and killed a mentally ill man who charged at them with a bread knife and a wooden stick. Then he took it all back, saying the shooting was to his mind justified.
Trawick was shot dead in 2019 after a Taser failed to subdue him, leading the Civilian Complaint Review Board to call for officers involved in the case to be fired.
The dramatic exchange between NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Trial Rosemary Maldonaldo and Civilian Complaint Review Board lawyer Andre Applewhite erupted Monday morning, just minutes into the first day of the trial for officers Brendan Thompson and Herbert Davis in the death of Kawaski Trawick.