Bernhard Goetz
Bernhard Goetz
Bernhard Goetz shot four young black men after they allegedly tried to mug him on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan on December 22, 1984. He fired five shots, seriously wounding all four men. Nine days later he surrendered to police and was eventually charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and several firearms offenses. A jury found him not guilty of all charges except for one count of carrying an unlicensed firearm, for which he served eight...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth7 November 1947
CountryUnited States of America
Bernhard Goetz quotes about
Jail is much easier on people who have nothing.
I think vegetarianism is a crucial ethical choice for an individual and a society.
You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.
Anyone, any type of story, it doesnt have to be a crime victim, you dont have to let yourself be food for the media.
I would, without any hesitation, shoot a violent criminal again.
When you are surrounded by four people, one of them smiling, taunting, demanding, terrorizing, you don't have a complete grasp or perfect vision.
Prior to being mugged I did not feel I had to carry a gun. However, I knew how to shoot a gun very proficiently. As a boy, I used to play cowboys and Indians all the time.
During my jury selection process, we went through over 360 jurors. It took six months, all New York residents. Of the 360 jurors, over half of them had been mugged one time. Quite a number of them, maybe 30 40, 50, had been mugged twice.
You know how some people complain about the way carriage horses are treated? That they are in a small stall? That is mistreatment. In a holding cell, you get very bored. You have no newspapers, you have no anything.
Society is better off without certain people.
With my time in the limelight, I regret that I didnt use it more to push vegetarianism. I support vegetarian options in the school lunch program.
To shoot a gun proficiently, including speed shooting, is much less of a skill than typing.
I don't regret pulling the trigger. I should have been more careful with many of the things I said afterwards. That was a big regret.
The whole trial seemed surreal.