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"He's a military guy, he'll calm down soon"

NYC Councilman Charles Barron quoting his late colleague, James Davis, when Davis introduced Barron to Othniel Askew, who fatally shot Davis shortly thereafter in the balcony of City Hall (and was himself then fatally shot by security), to a reporter from NY1. I highly recommend you follow the story at their website (which currently has this story only due to an obviously sudden increase in traffic). Barron also mentioned that, ironically, Davis was about to introduce a bill on workplace violence, and described Askew as "intense" and "strange." As you've doubtless heard re: this story, both gentlemen (like so many others) had bypassed the magnetometer (metal detector) at City Hall. (Davis, an ex-police officer and yet an outspoken advocate of nonviolence, was apparently also carrying a piece.)