Episode 611: The Subway Vigilante: Racism or Justice?
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On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about a true crime case. This is the story of Bernard Goetz, the Subway Vigilante. On December 22, 1984, Goetz was surrounded by four young men on a subway train who started asking him for five dollars. He thought he was being mugged, pulled out a revolver and shot all four of them. The aftermath saw him hailed as a hero and a villain, a vigilante and a racist. It is a complicated case all bound up with race, violence, gun control, and a New York city crime spree. If you like true crime, you’re gonna like this one.
Visit Our Sources:
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/bernhard-goetz
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/subway-vigilante-turns-himself-in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_New_York_City_Subway_shooting
https://www.famous-trials.com/goetz
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