About this episode

The episode discusses the controversial subway shooting by Bernie Goetz in 1984 and its implications on victimhood and race.

Who remembers Bernie Goetz? Who remembers his victims? Or was Bernie Goetz the victim—the subway shooter who, back in 1984, fired at four black teenagers in a crowded subway car in Manhattan because he felt ... The post Fear and Fury appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon .

People in this episode

Host: Christopher Lydon

Topics covered

• crime
• subway shooting
• 1980s
• victimhood
• race relations

Keywords

• Bernie Goetz
• subway shooting
• 1984
• victims
• race
• New York

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Manhattan, subway

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