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Bernhard Goetz Shot 4 Black Teens in 1984. Was It Self-Defense?
December 21, 2019
Three days before Christmas in 1984, five bullets were fired at four black teenagers on the No. 2 train in New York City by a white man with an illegally-owned handgun. The incident divided the city into people who supported the so-called "Subway Vigilante" and others who said the shooting was a racist act of violence. Bernhard Goetz says he acted out of fear, but was it self-defense or was it revenge? InsideEdition.com’s Sal Bono has more in this latest installment of NY Gritty.
