Fact #93273
When:
Short story:
Bernhard
Hugo Goetz shoots four alleged teenage muggers on a No. 2
subway train in Manhattan, New York City, USA. He will be arrested
and convicted - but only for illegal possession of a firearm, and
will come to symbolize New Yorkers' frustrations with the high
crime rates of the early 1980s. The incident will spark a
nationwide debate on race and crime in major cities, and will also
inspire numerous songs. In 1986, British prog-rock band Pallas will release the song The Executioner [Bernie Goetz A Gun] on their album The Wedge.
He will also be listed in the Billy Joel song We Didn't Start the Fire, in Hold On by Lou Reed, Stop That Train by the Beastie Boys, Subway Vigilante by Ronny And The Urban Watchdogs, The Saga of
Bernhard Goetz by Otto von Wernherr, and Shoot His Load by Agnostic
Front.
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