Crime in New York City
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Crime rates in New York City have been recorded since at least the 1800s. The highest crime totals were recorded in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the crack epidemic surged, and then declined conti
The Reverend Al Sharpton leading the first protest march over the death of Yusuf Hawkins in Bensonhurst, 1989.
An NYPD vehicle stationed in Times Square in 2005.
Memorial to Sean Bell
David Dinkins
On December 22, 1984, Bernhard Goetz shot four black teenagers on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan. All four victims survived, though one, Darrell Cabey, was paralyzed and suffered brain dama
Crime in New York City
…crime. He was convicted the following year and sentenced to life in prison. The case received considerable national media attention. December 22, 1984 – Bernhard Goetz shoots and seriously wounds four unarmed black men on a 2 train on the subway who he claimed were trying to rob him, generating weeks of headlines and…
The 14th Street station in Manhattan, where Goetz boarded the subway before the shooting