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Less than 30 years ago, the country was gripped by a startlingly similar story, when Bernhard Goetz, known in the media as "the subway vigilante", walked onto a New York City train with a concealed weapon, and ended up shooting four black teenagers at point blank range. For those who don't remember, Goetz was a mid-30s, white, electronics store employee, with oversized glasses, who, in 1984, decided he would fear no longer, choosing instead to take the law into his own hands.

After being denied a firearm permit in New York, he purchased a .38 caliber Smith & Wesson on a trip to Florida and illegally brought it back into the city. On the night of the shooting, Goetz, by his own admission, did not sit on the side of the subway car where professionals were gathered for their commute, but instead, on the far side, where the four teenagers were being generally loud and unruly. Like Zimmerman, Goetz was emboldened by his weapon, and, like Zimmerman, Goetz justified his actions by claiming self-defense.

In his depositions, he claimed he felt threatened when the boys approached and one allegedly said, "give me five dollars." His response? "Oh I'll give you five dollars," immediately unloading five bullets even as the boys tried to flee. One of the victims, my former client, remains paralyzed and sustains brain injuries to this day. Yet, Goetz's justification worked, as he was cleared on all attempted murder charges. In total, he would serve just eight months in prison for the only charge to stick: possession of an illegal firearm.

Ugly echoes of the Subway Vigilante case in George Zimmerman's acquittal | Randolph McLaughlin | Opinion | The Guardian