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James E. Davis (April 3, 1962 – July 23, 2003) was an American politician who served on the New York City Council from 2002 until his assassination. Early life
Jul 23, 2023 · Twenty years after he was assassinated by a gunman inside City Hall, the legacy of James Davis, the New York cop turned community activist who became a Brooklyn city councilman, lives on.
- Errol Louis
Colleagues and officials remembered Councilmember James E. Davis as this Sunday will mark the 20-year anniversary of his death. Davis was fatally shot by political rival Othniel Askew in the ...
Jul 23, 2003 · July 23, 2003. ANew York City councilman was killed inside City Hall yesterday afternoon by a political opponent who accompanied him to a Council meeting, pulled out a pistol and shot him in front ...
Jul 23, 2008 · Remembering a City Hall Assassination. By Sewell Chan. July 23, 2008 9:04 am. The coffin of Councilman James E. Davis of Brooklyn lay in state in the rotunda of City Hall on July 28, 2003, five days after he was shot to death in the Council chamber. It was the first such viewing at City Hall since 1918. (Photo: Ruby Washington/The New York Times)
Jul 17, 2008 · But when a gunman cut down Councilman James E. Davis in a horrific assassination inside City Hall itself, the young pol became the city’s version of JFK — a man surrounded in an aura, ruefully remembered for his unfulfilled potential, and more famous for his death than his accomplishments. Almost five years after his rival Othniel Askew ...
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Jul 24, 2003 · To many in central Brooklyn, Councilman James E. Davis was the man whose face was the centerpiece of red-and-white campaign posters on scores of bus shelters and store windows in the area.
