Daniel Penny’s acquittal reveals ‘double standard’ about white vigilante crime In longstanding pattern in the US, white killers are celebrated and Black victims denigrated, experts say The Guardian - US · Dec 10, 2024
‘A shock to the system’: looking back on the 1984 New York subway shooting The new season of Leon Neyfakh’s Fiasco podcast relives a bleak chapter of US history when a white man became a folk hero after shooting four black youths The Guardian - US · Aug 9, 2023
Charges in NYC chokehold death may hinge on 'reasonableness' The potential criminal charges against a U.S. Marine veteran who put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold aboard a New York City subway train might depend on whether a “reasonable” New Yorker would have acted similarly The Independent UK · May 5, 2023
A look at acts of public violence in NYC over past 40 years The shooting this week of 10 people by a man who deployed smoke grenades and fired at least 33 shots in a commuter-packed Brooklyn subway car was hardly the first time New Yorkers have grappled with an act of violence The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022