'Trial By Media': How Bernie Goetz Shooting Still Resonates Today Cabey was paralyzed from the waist down, fell into a coma, suffered irreversible brain damage. Keeping tabs on her family and imparting traditional values were easier before the 1973 death of her husband, who was crushed to death by a car while trying to retrieve his stolen taxi. However, others saw Goetzs actions as racist and an overreaction to the men, all of whom were black. Cabey's lawyer would claim that he was delirious when he said this. After Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau obtained a new witness, a second grand jury was convened and they indicted Goetz on the more serious charges. In the days after the shooting, locals lauded the unidentified gunman as a hero. Tucker Carlson out at Fox News, network confirms, St. Petersburg police announce 69 arrests in street racing crackdown, Disney starts 2nd round of layoffs across theme parks, ESPN, Lightning look at Game 4 on home ice as must-win against Maple Leafs, DeSantis starts foreign trip with meetings with Japanese leaders. My problem was I ran out of bullets.. A Troubled and Troubling Life - TIME It was considered a possible suicide. All the officers contended they were acting in self-defense as they believed Diallo was armed. Another Trial by Media episode tackles the 1999 shooting of Amadou Diallo, a black immigrant from West Africawho was shot. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. Directly opposite him sat Troy Canty, 19; to Goetz's right, on a short two-seat bench, sat Darrell Cabey, 19, and James Ramseur, 19. When Goetz boarded the subway car, they approached him and demanded he give them $5. He is now 29 years old, with the mental capacity of a third grader. Troy Canty, Barry Allen, James Ramseur, and Darrell Cabey is explored in the. There are different accounts of the shooting and how many times each man was shot, but the bottom line is that all four of them were hospitalized, two in critical condition. Make sure if he wins the lottery, Darrell Cabey wins the lottery." In response, Goetz's attorney, Darnay Hoffman, conceded that his client was a "clown" and a "geek," who said some stupid things .