In 1984, a shooting on a New York City subway thrust Bernie Goetz into the center of the national spotlight. After opening ...
Two new books return to the ’80s-era saga of Bernie Goetz to consider the 21st-century intersections of race, crime and ...
In his criminal trial, Goetz was acquitted of the most serious charges, including attempted murder. The defense persuaded the jury that Goetz’s self-incriminating statements to the police — “I was ...
On Dec. 22, 1984, Bernard Goetz, a white man, shot and seriously wounded four Black teenagers in a New York City subway ...