In May 1944, David “Star” Johnson was the first Black Phoenix police officer to die on the job, and the second-ever among Phoenix Police Department ranks. For decades, his death was not recognized as having been in the line of duty.Phoenix police unveiled a historical marker near east Jefferson Street, close to where Leonce Navarre, an off-duty detective, shot Johnson during a
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