Episode two of Netflix's docuseries Trial by Media is dedicated to the 1984 New York City subway shooting and Bernhard Goetz. Goetz, who became known as the Subway Vigilante, shot four Black teenagers in a subway car in 1984 after claiming they were going to mug him. After the shooting, some praised him as a hero for using self-defense and playing a vigilante role, but many called it a racial hate crime.
On the night of Dec. 22, 1984, Goetz was on a New York City subway train in lower Manhattan when four teenagers boarded his train: Barry Allen, Troy Canty, Darrell Cabey, and James Ramseur. Goetz, who had been mugged a few years earlier and carried a gun because of it, claimed they asked him for $5 but he saw a certain look in their eyes and assumed he was about to get mugged. He pulled out a gun and shot them all before making an escape.
On the night of Dec. 22, 1984, Goetz was on a New York City subway train in lower Manhattan when four teenagers boarded his train: Barry Allen, Troy Canty, Darrell Cabey, and James Ramseur. Goetz, who had been mugged a few years earlier and carried a gun because of it, claimed they asked him for $5 but he saw a certain look in their eyes and assumed he was about to get mugged. He pulled out a gun and shot them all before making an escape.
- 5/15/2020
- by Hedy Phillips
- Popsugar.com
Netflix’s latest true crime documentary anthology series “Trial by Media” opens with a chapter on a story from the periphery of ’90s daytime TV that may not be a collective household memory. Still, the story of the murder of Scott Amedure makes for an illustrative first chapter in the way that legal proceedings and press coverage have become intertwined in the national consciousness.
It tells the story behind an unaired episode of “The Jenny Jones Show,” a daytime TV installment that saw Amedure profess his feelings for Jonathan Schmitz in front of a live studio audience. Just days after the taping, Schmitz approached Amedure and shot him. Charged with murder, the heated public debate over Schmitz’s guilt or innocence centered on whether or not his feelings of embarrassment were justification for his actions.
The subsequent trials — both in the Schmitz murder case and the Amedure family’s lawsuit...
It tells the story behind an unaired episode of “The Jenny Jones Show,” a daytime TV installment that saw Amedure profess his feelings for Jonathan Schmitz in front of a live studio audience. Just days after the taping, Schmitz approached Amedure and shot him. Charged with murder, the heated public debate over Schmitz’s guilt or innocence centered on whether or not his feelings of embarrassment were justification for his actions.
The subsequent trials — both in the Schmitz murder case and the Amedure family’s lawsuit...
- 5/12/2020
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Netflix's docuseries Trial by Media dives deep into infamous American crime cases using the lens of public opinion. The show's first episode follows the 1995 murder of Scott Amedure after his gay-crush confession on The Jenny Jones Show. One of the biggest players in the courtroom drama that followed was Geoffrey Fieger, a high-profile attorney who represented the Amedure family. Over two decades later, Fieger remains active in the legal and political spheres - here's what to know about his role in the Amedure trial and where he is today.
On a taping of the tabloid series The Jenny Jones Show, 32-year-old Amedure confessed to having a crush on his acquaintance Jonathan Schmitz. Three days later, Schmitz murdered him, embarrassed about what had happened on the episode, which never aired. The Amedure family did not believe Schmitz was the only person accountable for the murder - they also felt that...
On a taping of the tabloid series The Jenny Jones Show, 32-year-old Amedure confessed to having a crush on his acquaintance Jonathan Schmitz. Three days later, Schmitz murdered him, embarrassed about what had happened on the episode, which never aired. The Amedure family did not believe Schmitz was the only person accountable for the murder - they also felt that...
- 5/12/2020
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
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