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LISTEN: The Subway Vigilante Who Never Left
In 1984, Bernhard Goetz shot four Black teens on a New York subway car before fleeing into a tunnel. He later turned himself in, confessing he wanted to 'waste them all,' but was acquitted of most charges except gun possession. The case sparked debates over racial bias, with a reporter highlighting its 'racial edge.'
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