Elliot Williams revisits the subway vigilante, the 1984 New York City subway shooting involving Bernard Goetz.

Taking on the space between life and death and a look back at a 1984 shooting that shocked New York City ...

In 1984, a shooting on a New York City subway thrust Bernie Goetz into the center of the national spotlight. After opening ...

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Two books revisit the 1984 subway shooting and the “reasonable fear” defense.

Elliot Williams, a CNN legal analyst and frequent commentator for other outlets, wrote “Five Bullets” about the 1984 subway shooting.

We can’t for-Goetz, but try Topsy turvy. In/out. Up/down. Left/right. What, which, how our country is today, who knows. I ...

Two new books return to the ’80s-era saga of Bernie Goetz to consider the 21st-century intersections of race, crime and sensationalism. By David Segal Bernie Goetz is still here. The white man who ...

Two new books trace an arc from the notorious Bernie Goetz case to the spread of vigilantism today. By Jennifer Szalai FEAR AND FURY: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth ...

In the landscape of American justice, the narratives surrounding self-defense have evolved, reflecting societal attitudes toward race, violence, and the law. This article delves into two significant ...

“At one in the afternoon On December 22, 1984,” writes Thompson, “as Bernie Goetz was zipping up his thin windbreaker and heading down into the subway station,” four teens from the Morrisania section ...

CNN legal analyst Williams debuts with a thorough reassessment of the 1984 subway vigilante shooting, when white 37-year-old Bernhard Goetz shot four Black teenagers on a New York City subway after ...