Assassination of Councilman James Davis - Only in New York - Episode 4

He was a rising star, a former police officer and Brooklyn minister turned activist and councilman. James E. Davis was preparing for re-election when he was shot and killed on the balcony of the City Council chamber by a would-be political rival. His untimely death opened wounds from the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X and Bobby Kennedy.
Almost 16 years after his shocking assassination, how does his legacy inform the political landscape of post 9/11 New York City?
Only in New York chronicles some of the most controversial moments in recent New York City history. A subway shooting that ignited a racial firestorm; the deadly days of the crack epidemic; a pair of high-profile trials that exposed the hidden horrors of domestic abuse; and the assassination of a rising political star inside the hallowed corridors of municipal power. These stories are retold with rare footage pulled straight from the WPIX archives. Only in New York features new interviews with PIX11 journalists, expert analysts and the headline-makers themselves. Watch Fridays in March on PIX11 TV.
Created by Heath Benfield
Produced by Heath Benfield and Mike Lee
Production Coordinator - Mike Lee
Director of Photography - Colin Sonner
Editors - Dmitry Trakovsky and Eddie LeBron
Executive Producers - David Hyman, Bart Feder and Chris Wayland
Colorist - Markus Englmair
Production Assistant - Matthew Santora
Title Artist - Steve Mitas
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  • @justinhearst
    @justinhearst5 жыл бұрын

    PLEASE MAKE MORE EPISODES. This is a very informative series on this vast city. People need to know the history

  • @MrPaulaponte
    @MrPaulaponte5 жыл бұрын

    MORE, MORE, MORE! Don't stop! keep them coming! Excellent series!Rest In Peace James E. Davis!

  • @thelifepouredout
    @thelifepouredout5 жыл бұрын

    What a powerful series. I really enjoyed seeing these slices of NYC history

  • @rafaelluna8909
    @rafaelluna89093 жыл бұрын

    I used too be a police officer i know what gunshots sounds like so i immediately went under my desk😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 that was hilarous

  • @n.prince2734
    @n.prince27343 жыл бұрын

    It is a shame Charles Barron did not speak up, more. If a man is deathly afraid and spooked about a character, speak to that man, in jeopardy, on the side. What is so difficult about taking that man to the side and say, ... "how well do you know him? I am deathly afraid for us, both. Something about his eyes and demeanor got me spooked, please, please, please, just for today, do us, both, a favor ... do not ever turn your back on this guy!" Those simple words would have made a huge impact to increase James Davis's prospects of being here, today. Too much is at stake to rely on ...he saw the expression on my face. In tough scenarios like those, it is utmost important that one must step up to proceed to make certain that you have the Councilman's undivided attention.

  • @cbenjamin7582
    @cbenjamin75824 жыл бұрын

    I remember working EMS in the Mount Sinai area that day. There was so much confusion, initially there was a message sent to us that the bridges were closed because there was a shooting In City Hall. My God.But, blessings to the councilman and loved ones.

  • @idontcare1481
    @idontcare14812 жыл бұрын

    What a darn shame! A tragedy! RIP Mr Davis, much respect ✊🏻 ❤️

  • @achosenvessel6563
    @achosenvessel65634 жыл бұрын

    Handsome man......he was assassinated for political reasons. James was doing too much good for the poor and disadvantaged and the Jewish community didn't like that.

  • @emt5330
    @emt53303 жыл бұрын

    There definitely needs to be more of these. I would suggest one about the time from the mid 60's through the 70's when the Bronx, and parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn, burned constantly.

  • @Trav81888
    @Trav81888 Жыл бұрын

    “Brooklyn politics is a prison yard and words are shanks” says our wonderful mayor, Eric Adam’s.

  • @nyclassic4ever130
    @nyclassic4ever1302 жыл бұрын

    I'm just coming to see these series. They are excellently done!

  • @christines6386
    @christines63865 жыл бұрын

    I remember this, I was 17 years old.

  • @mzcarmelz2315
    @mzcarmelz23153 жыл бұрын

    I remember this day it was my birthday I just turn 14 years old. Rip James Davis

  • @MichaelGlennglennimages
    @MichaelGlennglennimages3 ай бұрын

    Davis brought his killer in the hall, he brought him around the security, and it cost him his life.

  • @pedicabfilms8791
    @pedicabfilms87912 жыл бұрын

    MR. DAVIS was every where, he was one of those politicians where he was always accessible to the community. I met him in crown heights while working for CCM a non-profit with THE educational director Marie. He was invited to join our community meeting called PYCE. At the time, Premature Death was running through crown heights and a lot of good people died young that was really helping to improve the black side of the crown heights community. I myself was targeted and killed spiritually, mentally, and I'm barely hanging in physically. MY CAREER, MY HEALTH, MY SOUL, AND MY DREAMs all suffered a premature death. Here is to all the young soldiers that were in trenches of crown heights, fighting for better. NO MEN or WOMEN are perfect, but every warrior has slain evil to keep the good alive in black communities, and many were sacrificed to keep the evil alive in black communities. RIP MR. DAVIS!!!!!

  • @jonmacie7581
    @jonmacie75815 жыл бұрын

    One love to my brotha and my friend.

  • @i.b.gt.v1877
    @i.b.gt.v18775 жыл бұрын

    Man this brought tears to my eyes

  • @markmartin8276
    @markmartin8276 Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately James Davis was killed by a deranged blackman.We understand the climate of Crown Heights and how great James Davis was and still is I had the pleasure of going to Tilden HS. With him where he was a star athlete and student a true Champion he is truly missed.

  • @jaycostewart8

    @jaycostewart8

    Жыл бұрын

    They'll have one of us kill one of us. just to say, it was one of us..... Malcolm X..💯

  • @johnjjoynerjr
    @johnjjoynerjr3 жыл бұрын

    This is heartbreaking and inspirational.

  • @rosemaryrogers1478
    @rosemaryrogers1478 Жыл бұрын

    If he got shot on the inside ,how did his blood get on the outside as rev.sharpton says?

  • @latoyaj933
    @latoyaj9335 жыл бұрын

    Wow I found him through a lil Kim interview damn this is crazy. Poor guy all the good ones die young.

  • @scottberge6286
    @scottberge6286 Жыл бұрын

    He was a good man. Had the pleasure of working with him for a bit in the 69 PCT. Probably could’ve became President he was that good. RIP James.

  • @nadams497
    @nadams4972 жыл бұрын

    Brother sound like Malcolm X

  • @chalesmeyers2727
    @chalesmeyers27273 жыл бұрын

    I wish they would quit calling them hallowed corridors. They are full of crooks

  • @michaelmarino7391
    @michaelmarino73912 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed all 4 episodes. I think they should make documentaries of Yusef Hawkins, Larry Davis & The Son of Sam: Summer of 1977.

  • @antoinemcgill1174
    @antoinemcgill11742 жыл бұрын

    my 33 years I have never heard of this man or even anything about Brooklyn like that WTF.. smells like a government

  • @weotalks2810
    @weotalks2810 Жыл бұрын

    And VIOLENCE AND SHOOTING ARE WORSE THAN EVER

  • @overstandinggod3410
    @overstandinggod34102 жыл бұрын

    I always wondered what this was all about as well as the brother that was blown up in a private jet Ron Brown secretary of state. And my hunch says Eric Adams wants this information released now because he fears a similar fate. Especially after Eric realized that subway shooting in BK was staged using Frank James. A known critical events actor who just left Moon Township, PA, a town that's known for staged crisis events. All I know is that these foreign tethers that the dominant society uses as buffers against Foundational Black Americans are immediately a greater threat to us right now, especially with all these staged events in the last couple of years. Eric Adams God's Speed!

  • @equanstafford9307
    @equanstafford93072 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a set up to me

  • @robertmotion
    @robertmotion Жыл бұрын

    remember this like it was yesterday. tragic still. /bklyn 👑

  • @nyclassic4ever130
    @nyclassic4ever1302 жыл бұрын

    "Out" him as gay? That would have him win nowadays and killed Davis career. Now ya really think on that 🤔

  • @martindennis6837

    @martindennis6837

    2 жыл бұрын

    This was before gays had any protective legislation and very few civil rights. Gays had long been discriminated against and ostracized from many areas of mainstream success.

  • @weotalks2810
    @weotalks2810 Жыл бұрын

    I knew James and worked with Him...

  • @michaelscott7706
    @michaelscott7706 Жыл бұрын

    I remember him driving his Jeep Wrangler around Crown Heights.

  • @waynereid3718
    @waynereid3718 Жыл бұрын

    Black man killed Black councillor wow

  • @shotztru3410
    @shotztru3410 Жыл бұрын

    I remember this he sponsored our tournament called “love your self” after this gangs took over

  • @johnroros7180
    @johnroros71802 жыл бұрын

    Glad I moved out of NYC because of these Demented Democrats

  • @jermainepeters5702
    @jermainepeters5702 Жыл бұрын

    when a homosexual love affair goes wrong...its not that deep

  • @danestewart2676

    @danestewart2676

    5 ай бұрын

    Youre a sick individual.

  • @oluhamilton2121

    @oluhamilton2121

    Ай бұрын

    THAT' S what that was all about? Whewww..,

  • @sweetrelish334
    @sweetrelish334 Жыл бұрын

    It’s terrible to watch the African American communities suffer hopefully god gives them real leaders not gang leaders and not false victimhood.. they deserve better from within and I pray they get it

  • @damianstarks3338
    @damianstarks33382 ай бұрын

    Facts at 11:51 and 14:40

  • @mattsanford6491
    @mattsanford64913 ай бұрын

    Sad. He beat Letitia James for that job in 2001. She won it in 2003 after he waa gone.

  • @justforyouballoonflowerarr182
    @justforyouballoonflowerarr182 Жыл бұрын

    Live yourself. May your legends live on and the meaning if Lice yourselves shine like a the gold around Jesus Halo and the whole world be an example of the sacrifice u lived for every single day of our lives.

  • @rdeye-rb1pe
    @rdeye-rb1pe Жыл бұрын

    He got wacked by death row or again the 5 family's at that time backing politicians in which shared power with the NYPD who shares power with mother Mafia may be resi in paradise I loved his motto worked with Krs tha teacha as well

  • @maxi4182
    @maxi41824 жыл бұрын

    Why have al Sharpton hes the worst

  • @LazorzPewPew
    @LazorzPewPew4 жыл бұрын

    This was a gay lover's quarrel. That's it.

  • @achosenvessel6563

    @achosenvessel6563

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wtf?

  • @achosenvessel6563

    @achosenvessel6563

    4 жыл бұрын

    But enough about your father.

  • @mona-lisa1187

    @mona-lisa1187

    4 жыл бұрын

    i remember hearing that as well.

  • @youcommenttoomuch

    @youcommenttoomuch

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mona-lisa1187 😂😂😂 yeah me to

  • @danestewart2676

    @danestewart2676

    5 ай бұрын

    Youre a sick individual.