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

In 1984, five bullets rang out in a New York City subway car, injuring four young Black men who were—depending on who you believe—either panhandling or preparing to rob the shooter. The man who pulled the trigger fled the city before turning himself in a week later, claiming self-defense. The case became a flashpoint in a New York dealing with rising crime and racial tensions, with the shooter, Bernhard Goetz, being alternately hailed as a folk hero or condemned as a violent racist. A jury event