![The Subway Vigilante Shooting (1984) w/ Leon Neyfakh [Archive Favorite]](https://s3.castbox.fm/10/48/89/088cfc22a8b38313b796126eb100893ae6_scaled_v1_400.jpg "The Subway Vigilante Shooting (1984) w/ Leon Neyfakh [Archive Favorite]")
The Subway Vigilante Shooting (1984) w/ Leon Neyfakh [Archive Favorite]
Description
It’s August 1st. This day in 1996, a judge ruled that Bernie Goetz still owed his victims millions of dollars in damages as a result of the “Subway Vigilante” incident some twelve years earlier.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Leon Neyfakh to discuss the subway shooting, the media frenzy surrounding Goetz, and the long legal fallout that resulted from the incident.
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