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>>> LOCALLY THE NYPD TRIAL
STARTED FOR TWO OFFICERS
INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH
OF A BLACK MAN IN THE BRONX IN
2019. THEIR INTERACTION WITH THE MAN
LASTED LESS THAN TWO MINUTES BUT
ENDED WITH A DEADLY SHOOTING.
LIVE IN LOWER MANHATTAN WITH
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
DISCIPLINARY HEARING TODAY,
RANA.
>> Reporter: NATALIE, SUPPORTERS
PACKED THAT ROOM FOR THE FIRST
DAY OF THE NYPD DEPARTMENT
TRIAL.
IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR MANY OF THEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY
PLAYED THE POLICE BODY CAMERA
VIDEO. THE PARENTS ACTUALLY STEPPED
OUTSIDE OF THE ROOM WHEN THAT
VIDEO WAS SAYING THEY HAD SEEN IT BEFORE AND THEY’RE CONVINCED
THEIR SON SHOULD STILL BE ALIVE.
IN A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY FOR KAWASKAKI TRAWICK, THE END OF
DAY ONE A DEPARTMENTAL TRIAL FOR
THE OFFICERS WHO SHOT AND KILLED
HIM IN HIS BRONS APARTMENT.
>> THOSE POLICE OFFICERS WENT TO
HIS HOME AND TOOK HIS LIFE LIKE
THAT, I DON’T UNDERSTAND IT.
>> Reporter: HIS PARENTS STEPPED
OUT OF THE ROOM WHEN THE JUDGE
PLAYED VIDEO OF THE DEADLY 2019 ENCOUNTER.
OFFICERS SAY THEY WERE
RESPONDING TO A REPORTED
DISTURBANCE IN THE BUILDING.
AFTER TRAWICK WAS LOCKED OUT OF HIS APARTMENT.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HELPED HIM
BACK IN.
THE OFFICERS ARRIVED A SHORT
TIME LATER. >> PUT IT DOWN.
>> I GOT A KNIFE BECAUSE I’M COOKING.
>> Reporter: TRAWICK WAS HOLDING
A BREAD KNIFE.
OFFICER THOMPSON FIRST USED A TASER ON TRAWICK BEFORE SHOOTING
HIM TWICE.
HIS FAMILY AND SUPPORTERS SAYING
OFFICERS SHOULD NOT HAVE
ENTERED.
THAT EVEN AFTER SHOOTING HIM,
NEITHER OFFICER HELPED HIM.
>> KAWASAKI WAS LIVENING IN MUSIC IN HIS UNDERWEAR, AT HOME
COOKING, WHERE HE SHOULD BE
SAFE.
>> Reporter: THE MOTHER OF ERIC GARNER, LIKE THE TRAWICK CASE,
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN HER SON’S DEATH WERE CLEARED OF
WRONGDOING BUT YEARS LATER IT
ENDED UP HERE.
>> THEY’VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR
FOUR YEARS.
I HAD TO FIGHT FOR SIX YEARS TO
GET ONE OFFICER FIRED. BUT WE MUST FIGHT.
>> Reporter: THE OFFICERS’
ATTORNEYS ARGUE TRAWICK HAD A
KNIFE AND THE BRONX DISTRICT
ATTORNEY DECLINED TO BRING
CHARGES.
HIS FAMILY HOPES TO SEE THE OFFICERS FIRED AND SAY THEIR SON
SHOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE IN HIS
HOME.
>> WE WILL BE HERE TO THE END TO SEE THAT THESE TWO OFFICERS ARE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR TAKING
KAWASAKI’S LIFE.
>> Reporter: THE TRIAL WE
UNDERSTAND COULD LAST ALL WEEK.
IN THE END, THE JUDGE WILL MAKE
A RECOMMENDATION ON DISCIPLINARY
ACTIONS WHICH COULD INCLUDE
FIRING.
IT WILL THEN BE UP TO THE POLICE
COMMISSIONER ULTIMATELY TO MAKE THAT DECISION ON HOW TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.