Thirty years ago, Bernie Goetz made a terrible decision to waive his Fifth Amendment right after he shot four teenage criminals who tried to rob him on a New York City train. The bonafide hoodlums all boasted prior criminal records, but Goetz’s smug and imaginative memory regarding how he foiled the robbery was later used in a malicious effort to crucify him by the liberal media, the prosecutor, and race arsonist Al Sharpton.
Goetz’s bad judgment to talk to the police serves as an excellent example of exactly what not to do—EVER—according to practically every defense attorney in America. Of course, …read more