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Trial by Media
2020
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Trial by Media
Subway Vigilante 1 Season 2 Episode
62 min
2020
7.1
On December 22, 1984, four men, Barry Allen, Troy Canty, Darrell Cabey, and James Ramseur, were shot and wounded by Bernhard Goetz. On his way home, Goetz shot the four black robbers on a New York City subway. While he claimed this was an act of self-defense, the action sets off a controversial, tabloid-fueled trial which earned Goetz the nickname "Subway Vigilante," as he said he shot the four boys after an attempted mugging.
manipulation of the media
courtroom
true crime
mass media
media criticism
media power
judgment call
judicial system
observational documentary
judgment by social media
media studies
crime documentary
