@thedailyshow: "I kind of felt like that moment had a lot to tell us about the moment we're in." Heather Ann Thompson, author of "Fear and Fury," compares the 1984 Bernie Goetz shootings in NYC to the recent ICE shootings in Minnesota #DailyShow #BernieGoetz #ICE

Sammm :

Violence against black people, any POC, has never gone away. It’s always been here. It’s been celebrated and/or ignored. It’s just now that white people are on the receiving end of the violence.

mojomart :

she left out the part where they were harassing him relentlessly every day for months before that and nobody would help him

MOS0317 :

We need more Bernie Goetz

KrisNoir :

And he only got 1 year and was only for the firearm offense.

Chris Sears :

I remember that after they asked for $5, then they demanded it and threatened him with a screwdriver. Things are murky. I’m going to verify my memory rn.

Sneezledorf :

I don’t remember it being “pan handling” but I was young.

BeTheChangeYouWantToSee :

Colin Williams :

The Bernie story was huge thing and it put a lot of issues public. I teach about the moment in my history class here in California

user happy gma :

Not all New Yorkers! Some abhor him and the current tyranny.

eshianddi :

Say their names, not his 💯 Barry Allen, Darrell Cabey, Troy Canty, and James Ramseur

nstc1235 :

was the joker scene based off this ??

🌸ZeThePup🌸 :

haii

chevy_ok :

Are these bots talking about these 2 books all in these comments? Like every other comment is saying the exact same thing

If ya know, ya know :

That’s not the way the story was sold in the 80’s. They said Bernie was mugged & attacked

Mimi :

The mirroring that is happening is terrifying…

Samhain :

I remember that.

HΛИS :

eshianddi :

was bothered that you barely said the names of the men he shot, don't say the one, say his name...

Melani Battle :

That joker scene was based off this huh 🥺

HΛИS :

First???

rustyshakelford :

he made it into a Billy Joel song....we need Billy to write an update to "we didn't start the fire"

just_a_basic_ashley :

Wait…what

Evelyn :

love it

Lulu28 :

Wow!!!

Gr34tphoenix :

wow the things I don't know 😞