[4] Davis was known in the community as "RoboCop" because of his large size and as the "Desire projects terrorist" due to his aggressive policing style.
[10][11] Twenty additional New Orleans police officers were also implicated in the scheme, but the investigation had to be aborted due to the murder of Kim Groves.
[12] Kim Groves, a 32-year-old local resident and mother of three young children, witnessed the assault and filed a complaint with the New Orleans Police Department.
[13] Davis was tipped off about the complaint by another officer and then conspired with a local drug dealer, Paul Hardy, to kill Groves.
[13] In October 2022, three men wrongfully convicted of murder, based on false testimony from Davis, were released after 28 years of incarceration.
[28] A week later, Davis filed a motion to block the commutation, because courts examine death penalty cases more closely for errors during appeals.