Dubbed the “Subway Vigilante” by the tabloids, Bernard Hugo Goetz became a symbol of New Yorkers’ frustrations with rampant crime when he shot four men intending to rob him on a city subway train, paralyzing one of them. The publicity following the incident a…

Bernhard Hugo Goetz (born November 7, 1947) shot four young men that were allegedly trying to mug him on a New York City Subway train,[2][3][4][5] resulting in his conviction for illegal possession o…