Word: nypd
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Most Memorable Moment: Getting maced by NYPD at antiwar protest
...Western set in 1876 with the downer title Deadwood may not sound like a promising addition to HBO's spring 2004 lineup. But it has gold diggers, prostitutes, gunslingers and criminals and is being created by David Milch of NYPD Blue and Hill Street Blues. Plus, Milch deadpans, "it's in color...
...contemporary setting can help them check their disbelief at the door. Don't expect chaste, old-fashioned behavior, though; there's already buzz about the skin, violence and language. "I'm just trying to get that world right," says Milch, who helped bring nudity to prime time in NYPD Blue. "When a man was killed in Deadwood, he was fed to the pigs." Even the Sopranos haven't tried that. --By Lisa Takeuchi Cullen
...None of the metal detectors, security guards or NYPD officers patrolling City Hall could help James Davis, 41, when a political rival identified by police as Othniel Askew, 31, pulled out a .40-caliber silver Smith & Wesson and opened fire...
...retired NYPD officer and crusader against urban violence, Davis appeared not to have had time to draw or fire his own licensed holstered handgun after Askew opened fire. Police say Askew fired 14 shots; two hit Davis in the torso. A plainclothes officer assigned to Speaker Gifford Miller's security detail returned fire from the chamber floor, and hit Askew six times in the chest and arm. Askew, who was planning to run against Davis in a primary election this fall, died of his injuries...