One of the most famous incidents occurred in 1984, when, shot four Black teenagers he said he believed were going to rob him. Goetz became a folk hero in a city dealing with sky-high crime. The media called him the “Subway Vigilante.”
There has long been a disconnect between the perception of crime on the subway system and reality, said Dennis Kenney, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, who spent months in the subway studying crime in the 1980s when it had reputation for danger. On a recent morning commute, she was dozing off until she was awaken by a man pacing up and down the isle yelling, Thomas said. Some people scrabbled to other parts of the train but she decided to stay put and just avoid eye contact. Eventually the man moved on to another car.
“What we’re dealing with here is plain and simple racism and ableism,” said Thomas, who is Black. “How do you see someone like that, who is clearly frail, hungry and emaciated and put them in a chokehold, not for just a few seconds, but for 15 minutes, you’re this big guy and you do something like that to someone so weak, that can only be explained by hate.”Neely’s death is about more than race, said Omar White, 32, a frequent train passenger.
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