The 1984 subway shooting by Bernhard Goetz, in which he shot four unarmed Black teenagers, became a national flashpoint that fused media sensationalism, racial fear, and the myth of the 'sharpened screwdriver' to justify vigilante violence — a narrative that continues to echo in modern ca
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