Posted on 12/22/2012 10:42:48 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
The Saturday afternoon before Christmas in 1984, on a New York City subway car making its run downtown, two black teenagers approached Bernhard Goetz. One of the teens said to the slightly built blond man, "Give me five dollars." Seconds later, Goetz fired five shots from his Smith & Wesson revolver and four young men were injured--one with a severed spinal cord. After the train came to a quick stop, Goetz jumped to the tracks below and disappeared into the darkness of the subway tunnel. City newspapers quickly dubbed the gunman "the subway vigilante." During the early 1980s, New York City experienced unprecedented rates of crime. Murders during the decade averaged almost 2,000 a year and, in the city's increasingly dangerous subway system, thirty-eight crimes a day, on average, were reported. Citizens did not feel safe. It is not surprising, therefore, when the city's newspapers ran stories on the December 22 shooting on the IRT express, the shooter was widely praised for his actions: "Finally," many a New Yorker said, "someone has had the courage to stand up to these thugs --SNIP-- Three years earlier, Goetz had been mugged by three African-American young men and he had a permanently damaged knee to show for it. He resolved not to be a victim again and regularly carried a .38 revolver in his waistband.
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There was never any double jeopardy. Goetz was tried once, and only once, by the State of New York on criminal charges. He was sued by Darrell Cabey, the thug he paralyzed, in civil court.
You may be confusing the fact that the grand jury added attempted murder charges to its original charges after hearing Goetz told the police he said "you don't look so bad, here's another" before taking a second shot at Cabey. That was done pre-trial.
It's also possible you're confusing the fact that the New York Court of Appeals overturned a pre-trial ruling by the criminal court judge, which made Goetz meet a higher burden in his justified use of deadly force defense.
However, there was no double jeopardy.
I used to put a spare house key on my dobie’s collar.
And nobody ever broke into your house...;D
LOL - one day I left her inside, raining I think. Came home to a screen off, laying on the porch. Window was not open however. When I got inside, the blinds were a mess. I figure someone intended to break in and met her on the other side of the glass.
It was not two muggers, it was four. I remember it well. I lived exactly one block away from him at the time, used to see him in the neighborhood often. The subways were a horror then, and remained so until Giuliani came in as mayor. The change was so huge, it was like night and day. He turned the city from a dump into something wonderful.
He took a stand against Arafat and Castro when they came here to the U.N. He would have made a terrific president, but he seemed too liberal for the Right. So look at what we have now.
It was not two muggers, it was four. I remember it well. I lived exactly one block away from him at the time, used to see him in the neighborhood often. The subways were a horror then, and remained so until Giuliani came in as mayor. The change was so huge, it was like night and day. He turned the city from a dump into something wonderful.
He took a stand against Arafat and Castro when they came here to the U.N. He would have made a terrific president, but he seemed too liberal for the Right. So look at what we have now.
Smart Pup ;)
Gorgeous Dobie!!
Yeah. It was important to give any muggers back then enough cash to buy drugs with for their next fix, or they’d get very angry with you for not carrying enough. Also, it was essential to give them the impression that they’d gotten everything of value that you had.
Not surprising. They were probably sick and tired of being prey for the wolf packs, themselves.
You are right, the Dinkins administration was like a preview/warm-up for the Obama nightmare. And you are also right about the leftists who were always calling Giuliani a dictator. He should have been mayor of NYC for life.
You are right, the Dinkins administration was like a preview/warm-up for the Obama nightmare. And you are also right about the leftists who were always calling Giuliani a dictator. He should have been mayor of NYC for life.
For some reason I kind of like that quote.
Let me fix that.
I’ve lost more mini blinds from people who tried to look in the window when nobody answered the door.
Imagine their surprise when the blind came crashing down to reveal what was ripping at it.
;)
Now that I’ve got a security camera recording all the time, I keep hoping for video of somebody.
Thanks....:)
(But he’s racist)
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