Three days before Christmas, 1984, Bernhard Goetz was riding the 2 train downtown when four teenagers confronted him. Despite this incident becoming a point of national debate — or because of it ...

The obvious comparison is to Bernie Goetz, the so-called “subway vigilante” who shot four Black teenagers on a train in 1984, paralyzing one of them, after, he said, they tried to rob him.

With indications of rising crime, and a great deal of media coverage driving that perception, we probably should have known that we’d get another Bernie Goetz situation, sooner or later.

“I appreciate it, but I’m not answering any questions.” The Rev. Al Sharpton invoked the name of subway gunman Bernie Goetz in a statement, recalling his shootings of four Black youths on a ...

Older readers might remember another “subway vigilante” – Bernie Goetz – who shot four teenagers who attempted to rob him in the “bad old days” in 1984. Now, no amount of police ...

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The episode has also been compared to other racially charged Big Apple tabloid dramas, like the Bernie Goetz subway shooting. “It’s already in the political realm and it certainly will have an ...

An infamous New York City subway vigilante said the U.S. Marine who allegedly killed Jordan Neely by putting him in a chokehold for 15 minutes "got to pay." Monday's deadly incident, which ...