Gerald Wayne "Blackie" Sawyer, a 32-year-old detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, was tragically killed on November 6, 1973, in Santa Monica, California. Detective Sawyer was working undercover on a joint investigation with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) targeting cocaine trafficking. On the day of his death, Sawyer was involved in a sting operation at a Santa Monica hotel, where he was attempting to purchase 20 kilograms of cocaine from a known drug dealer. The operation
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