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HIGH HOPES. The film, from the era of reemergent New British Cinema, was released in 1988 and directed by Bristish Independent filmmaker Mike Leigh. High Hopes follows the story of an English couple, Cyril (Philip Davis), a motorcycle messenger, and his wife Shriley (Ruth Sheen). The couple live with Cyril?...
City Councillor Henrietta Davis, a member of the Ordinance Committee, said she would like to see at least part of the Mahoney’s site used for open space.
Murdered. James Davis, 41, New York City councilman known for his campaign against violence, was shot dead during a council meeting; in New York City. Davis' assailant was a political opponent, 31-year-old Othniel Askew, who apparently smuggled a gun in as he accompanied Davis through a security checkpoint...
James Davis was the chair of the council's Juvenile Justice committee, and was known throughout the country as a tireless advocate for youth. In 1990, he founded the not-for-profit "'Love Yourself' Stop the Violence" to fight guns, drugs, teen pregnancy and delinquency. In 1994, he convinced Toys...
"I look at this like a war," said Davis of his work with the organization. "It's my mission in life to do whatever is necessary to rid violence from our communities." Unfortunately, no one was able to stop Davis from becoming a victim of that violence himself.