Dossier
racial edge
Coverage of racial edge in the Nexus archive.
- 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.'