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are protesting the death of a homeless man who was placed in a choke hold by a former u.s. marine on a subway. the incident all caught on camera we have to warn you this video is disturbing. eye witnesses say a 30-year-old jordan nearly burst into an aggressive tirade during the train ride screaming and whipping garbage at several people before being put in the choke hold. police also confirmed that he had more than 40 prior arrests. the man who put him in a choke hold or was later tak...

>> he had a smooth, brilliant lawyer with conservative leanings, i think thats why he took this case. he felt passionately about this and he did a brilliant job. >> the case had bent talk of the town and new yorkers were anxious to hear from the grand jury. >> a grand jury refused to indict bernard goetz. but the one felony begun chaj could put bernard goetz in jail for up to 7 years. >> the district attorney had been seeking indictments on assault, attempted murder and weapons offenses. but the...

Communicate. >> he was willing to testify, waiving immunity. >> he is going to take the bernard goetz case back to another grand jury. >> we stated the arraignment. there was a basis for indicting him for attempted murder. since the grand jury failed to indict we have been look for ways to resubmit the case. >> he was the u.s. attorney for the southern district before he was the long-time district attorney. i think he did something wrong, that was resubmit the case to the grand jury of when he d...

Being considered for the bernard goetz case. when goetz entered, 10% of those people, maybe more, applaud. he was clearly a hero to some of the people who would be con tell plated potentially as his jury. it was polarizing. heighter you were -- either you were for the quote-unquote vigilante, bernard goetz. or you felt he violated the civil rights of the four young men he shot. >> april 27, 1955. -- 1985, bernard goetz got his day in court. >> there was constant protests on both sides. you had s...

Found guilty of rape, roddy, sodomy, sexual abuse, criminal use of a firearm and possession of stolen property. >> he rape two people that i know of. one being my cousin. she pointed him out. he violated her violently. he raped a pregnant woman and he received 25 years. he was incarcerated by the time jury selection was set to begin. finding an impartial jury would be a major obstacle. >> there are very few cases with a high publicity content such as the bernard goetz case does. >> i found out w...

Opening arguments. they gave different versions of the same event. >> [inaudible]. >> hes asking for 50 million dollars and when you consider the fact of the case, the most important thing to consider is he asking 50 million dollars solely because of his injuries or is there another element here? is he asking for 50 million dollars because he chose the wrong man on that day? >> for the first time since the 1984 shooting, bernard testified. darrell, the teen paralyzed from the waist down watched ...

In concord in december were released by the manhattan d.a. he said after firing the four shots went to see if they were taken care of. >> first he was a mythic figure avenging crime. but when some of those statements came out thats when the public opinion turned against him. >> at the time he told the subject you dont look too bad, heres another. and he shot the fourth subject a second time. >> if he believes there are additional facts, information that would bear upon it, i would urge him to re...

Communicate. >> he was willing to testify, waiving immunity. >> he is going to take the bernard goetz case back to another grand jury. >> we stated the arraignment. there was a basis for indicting him for attempted murder. since the grand jury failed to indict we have been look for ways to resubmit the case. >> he was the u.s. attorney for the southern district before he was the long-time district attorney. i think he did something wrong, that was resubmit the case to the grand jury of when he d...

Their verdict sent a clear message that its okay for people to defend themselves with deadly force. >> the law says they must reasonably believe that force is necessary to defend themselves and they are about to be robbed, raped, kidnapped. and i think, you know, in any case that comes after this, if to be shoots themselves on the subway or any place else well present the case to the grand jury. >> my father felt the d.a. should have done more and should have gone after the perpetrators and lets...

Us, everybody was electrified. >> the verdict may have legally justified goetz actions but it had implications for the city. many speculated the incident was racially charged. they saw the verdict as a setback for race relations in new york. >> we think its wrong that we are glorifying, and honoring the wrong type of activity. >> people look at this case and our verdict as being a decision being made about their lives and their issues in our city with it was just about this case. >> goetz was se...