In 1984, a shooting on a New York City subway thrust Bernie Goetz into the center of the national spotlight. After opening fire on four Black teenagers he said were trying to rob him, Goetz was hailed by some as a vigilante hero and condemned by others as a symbol of racial violence. PBS News Hour's Geoff Bennett spoke with Elliot Williams, who revisits the shooting in his new book, "Five Bullets." | PBS NewsHour

In 1984, a subway straphanger named Bernhard Goetz shot four Black teenagers who he said were trying to mug him. The city was reminded of the case in May after Jordan Neely was placed in a fatal chokehold. Leon Neyfakh, podcast host and producer, joined NY1's Errol Louis on the latest "You Decide" podcast to look at the Goetz story and how he thinks the killing of Neely indicates how little has changed in four decades. https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/08/23/leon-neyfakh-telling-the-sto