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  Davis, James E.
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NameJames E. Davis
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Brooklyn, New York , United States
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Born April 03, 1962
DiedJuly 23, 2003 (41 years)
Contributornystate63
Last ModifedKeystoneProgressive
Oct 24, 2024 11:41am
Tags Black - Assassinated -
InfoBrother of Geoffrey Davis-D, Independence Party.

James E. Davis was a New York City policeman, corrections officer and councilman. He was killed by a fellow politician in New York City Hall, in a bizarre instance of political rivalry gone awry.
Davis was born and raised in Brooklyn, the son of a corrections officer and a registered nurse. He spent his early childhood in Bedford-Stuyvesant before his family moved to Crown Heights.

He earned a bachelor's degree at Pace University in social science and youth agency administration. He became a corrections officer at Rikers Island after being beaten by two white police officers, and became a policeman himself in 1983.

In 1991, Davis started an organization called Love Yourself Stop the Violence dedicated to stopping violence in urban America. He became a minister, and then a New York City Councilman from Brooklyn, elected in November 2001.

Othniel Askew had raised funds to run against him in the next election, but had failed to file the proper papers on time, which led to accusations of political chicanery.

On July 23, 2003, Davis brought Askew to attend a Council meeting at New York City's City Hall, with the intention of honoring him by introducing him from the balcony. The councilman and his guest were able to bypass the metal detectors. At 2:08 p.m., Askew fired a silver .40 caliber weapon at Davis, striking him twice in the chest. Davis, as a retired police officer, was carrying a weapon but it remained holstered. A plain-clothes policeman then shot Askew, striking him five times. Paramedics arrived quickly, and attempted to revive both Davis and Askew before taking them to New York University's Beekman Downtown Hospital, but both died.


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RACES
  11/06/2001 New York City Council 35 Won 55.63% (+14.27%)
  09/25/2001 NYC Council 35 - D Primary Won 37.37% (+5.28%)
  09/12/2000 NY Assembly 43 - D Primary Lost 39.78% (-20.44%)
  11/03/1998 NY Assembly 43 Lost 18.05% (-60.40%)
  09/15/1998 NY Assembly 43 - D Primary Lost 45.20% (-9.59%)
  11/04/1997 New York City Council 35 Lost 26.86% (-33.49%)
  09/09/1997 NYC Council 35 - D Primary Lost 19.48% (-33.23%)
ENDORSEMENTS
NY Assembly 57 - D Primary - Sep 10, 2002 D Hakeem Jeffries