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Amanpour & Co., which airs on PBS and CNN International, picked up on "Five Bullets," a new book by Elliot Williams about Bernard Goetz, the so-called subway vigilante who shot four black teenagers on the NYC subway in 1984 because he thought he was being mugged. The book has surprisingly become a handy hook for the elitist media (whose denizens probably don’t ride the NYC subway) to wring their hands once more over racism. Interviewer Michel Martin showed a rather astonishing ignorance of recent prominent news events, mischaracterizing self-defense acts by Kyle Rittenhouse at a violent Black Lives Matter protest in Wisconsin, and Daniel Penny's heroics against a threatening Jordan Neely on the NYC subway. MICHEL MARTIN: So, what happened on that subway car? Like what was going on? Like set the scene for us. ELLIOT WILLIAMS, AUTHOR, "FIVE BULLETS": So, New York City was at its roughest, quite possibly ever, just to put it in perspective. Right back then, the homicide rate in New York City was about 2000 homicides a year, 2000 murders a year. It's about 300 now. It's just rough in an incomprehensible way to most modern thinkers or viewers or audiences, right? And that the subway wasn't immune. It was rough. People were often assaulted or mugged or chain snatched or purses grabbed on the subway. So, that's the backdrop. He got on the subway car and one of the four young men, Troy Canty is his name, either asked Bernhard Goetz for $5. Mister, can I have $5? Or demanded, give me $5. That's not clear and that was never quite established which of the two it was. Needless to say, Goetz thought he was being mugged…. After a reasonably fair start, interviewer Martin sent the discussion into the realm of insanity. MARTIN: Gosh, there’s so many recent cases that come to mind. When you think of this,  there’s the story of Kyle Rittenhouse, he decided he was going to go help the police at this Black Lives Matter demonstration, wound up shooting somebody. And there’s the more recent case of the man who choked this guy out on a subway who was frightening people because he was sort of a Michael Jackson impersonator. And then, there’s maybe people think this is analogous to Luigi Mangione, who shot this United Health Care CEO on the street. Allegedly because he is angry with the way the health care system is treating Americans. So talk about if you would, are there misconceptions about this case that took hold? Because of the way it was covered? Are there things that even now there’s sort of a variance from reality? Rittenhouse was attacked repeatedly at the BLM riot in Kenosha, WI, killing two men (both of whom with violent criminal records) in self-defense, as a jury confirmed by acquitting him in November 2021. Martin’s description of mentally ill and violent Jordan Neely had no basis in reality. Neely was not killed for being a “Michael Jackson impersonator." He once had done Jackson impersonations on the subway before his decline into mental illness. On the night he died Neely was a loud, threatening disruptor with 42 prior arrests who posed a potentially deadly threat to other passengers. Williams responded with the same quintessentially liberal argument the New York Times tried: The screwdrivers weren’t weapons, the young men, whom Williams admitted had "sometimes quite awful criminal records," were just going to use the screwdrivers to steal money from an arcade! Williams added a race twist, naturally. WILLIAMS: ….there was a rush to demonize the four young men....And as I said a moment ago, were just easy narratives for people to latch onto. Of course these four young black guys from the Bronx were armed and attacking a white man who was defenseless on the subway. Of course that is what happened. Because that is just an easy narrative for society to get its head around.

In Queens, New York, Jabez Chakraborty was shot by law enforcement following a call from his family involving a mental and emotional distress crisis.Bodycam footage from officers shows an immediate act of aggression after they enter the home on January 26 as Chakraborty charges officers with a large kitchen knife.'I’m grateful to the first responders who put themselves on the line each day to keep our communities safe.'New York Police Department Officer Tyree White orders Chakraborty to “put the knife down” several times, video shows. Chakraborty, 22, does not comply.White then shoots Chakraborty, who sustained serious injuries but survived. Police said they recovered the knife at the scene.The family later claimed they had asked for an ambulance, not police.RELATED: 'F**king mess': Zohran Mamdani fails first major test as filth piles up on city streets BWC Footage - P.O. WhiteHowever bodycam footage from another video shows a different account. In that video, a woman clearly says, “Yes,” when officers ask if she called them. She then opens the door and invites the officers inside. Officers again ask if they can enter the home, and she responds, “Yes,” confirming twice that she intentionally requested law enforcement assistance.Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) initially praised first responders in a social media post.“I’m grateful to the first responders who put themselves on the line each day to keep our communities safe,” the mayor said on X.He later visited Chakraborty and his family in the hospital before shifting the tone of his public messaging."Jabez needs mental health treatment, not criminal prosecution by a district attorney," Mamdani said.“No family should have to endure this kind of pain," he added.RELATED: Zohran Mamdani becomes first openly socialist mayor of New York City Screenshot of NYPD videoCritics say Mamdani is “playing a dangerous game of political theater,” downplaying the danger of the incident and framing Chakraborty as blameless because of his mental health. No criminal charges appear to have been filed in connection with this case. Blaze News has reached out to the NYPD to inquire about Officer White's status.Mamdani has since said he is working on a plan to accelerate the creation of a Department of Community Safety, which would co-respond to 911 calls alongside law enforcement.“What these policy options include are various co-response models involving teams of behavioral health specialists, peer experts, and of course police so that they can intervene if the need arises,” Mamdani said.Critics have been quick to point out that creating the Department of Community Safety would be unaffordable as New York City is already under a $12 billion budget deficit.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) jumped into the fray over the layoffs at the Washington Post and was immediately met with brutal backlash online.Sanders tried to lambast the outlet's owner, Jeff Bezos, and tied the layoffs to the Amazon deal to film and promote a documentary about first lady Melania Trump. The movie, "Melania," garnered $7 million in domestic ticket sales in its opening weekend, placing it third behind two major studio films. 'Your financial illiteracy is confusing you again.'"If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy," Sanders wrote Wednesday on social media.Many fired back at Sanders and pointed out that he was a millionaire many times over despite his constant criticism of millionaires and billionaires. "He didn't fire them because he couldn't afford them. He fired them because nobody's reading them. Maybe the Washington Post should ask why a third of their staff couldn't produce journalism people were willing to pay for," read one popular response."84-year drain on the Treasury outraged that guy responsible for an entire percentage point of U.S GDP dislikes wasting money on financial drains like him," replied Luther Abel of National Review."Since you’ve never had a real job in your life, let me explain something to you: Bezos is not obligated to continue pouring millions of dollars into a failing enterprise just because a bunch of self-entitled, pompous leftists need affirmation of these grand delusions in print," read another response."The lesson here is that no billionaire should ever invest in any progressive institution. They’ll rail you while you own it and they’ll rail you when you try to parachute out. The only winning move is not to play," wrote another critic.RELATED: Bernie Sanders outraged after Trump ended $7 billion solar 'boondoggle' he passed under Biden "Your financial illiteracy is confusing you again. Successful people don’t continue to pour millions of dollars (a billion in 10 years) into failing businesses as you do with our tax dollars," replied another detractor.Bezos, who became one of the wealthiest men on Earth by founding Amazon, purchased the Washington Post in 2013, but only recently began shifting the focus of the news outlet toward supporting freedom and free markets.On Wednesday the Post announced layoffs of about 700 of its staff, which is about a third of the employees. Critics accused Bezos of undermining democracy in order to appease President Donald Trump, who has been critical of Bezos as well as the Post. Bezos attended Trump's inauguration in January 2025.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

In 1913, 11-year-old Sarah Rector became the richest Black girl in America. She had been born into poverty as a member of the Muscogee Nation in Oklahoma in 1902, and received, as did every member of the Nation, a plot of undesirable land in the territory when it was made a state in 1907. But unbeknownst to anyone else at the time, Sarah’s land had a wealth of oil sitting just below the surface. Eventually, it netted her upwards of $8,000 per day in today’s currency. And, perhaps most remarkably for the time, Sarah Rector was able to keep just about all of it. Wikimedia CommonsThrough sheer chance Sarah Rector became one of the richest children in America. By the time she moved to Kansas City in her late teens, Sarah Rector’s net worth was estimated to be greater than $1 million — over $28 million today — spread between oil fields, 2,000 acres of farmland in Oklahoma, and investments in numerous businesses in Kansas City. Her story spread throughout the national news, with both Black and white papers dubbing her “The Richest Negro Girl in the World.” Sarah Rector Was Descended From Enslaved People In The Muscogee Nation National ArchivesA typical cabin for Creek Freedmen on Muscogee (Creek) Nation land in Oklahoma, similar to where Sarah Rector would have been born. Sarah Rector was born on March 3, 1902 in what is now Taft, Oklahoma. Back then, it was known as Twine, Indian Territory, since Oklahoma had not yet been incorporated as a state. The town belonged to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and was one of several all-Black towns set up specifically for descendants of Africans enslaved by the Nation prior to the Civil War. Mollie McQueen, Sarah’s paternal great-great-grandmother, was enslaved by Creek Chief Opothleyahola in Alabama. When his people were forced west of the Mississippi by the U.S. government, the chief took his enslaved workers with him. When the Indian territory where Rector was born became Oklahoma in 1907, the federal government granted each member of the Creek Nation a land allotment, including descendants of people enslaved by the Nation like Sarah Rector. Like most other dealings the government had with Native Americans, it was not entirely honest. The land allotments were usually rocky and unsuitable for farming, while more arable lands were sold to white settlers. Sarah’s land, totaling 160 acres, was valued at a mere $556.50, roughly $15,000 today. Moreover, Sarah’s parents, Joseph and Rose, were also forced to pay a land tax of $30 per year on their daughter’s property. This was a burden that became so great that Joseph attempted to sell Sarah’s land, but was blocked from doing so by state law, which forbade the sale of lands belonging to minors. Ironically, this government prohibition proved to be the family’s greatest blessing. How Sarah Rector Struck It Rich In The Oil Industry The Wichita BeaconNewspaper articles about Sarah Rector spread throughout America and were filled with the overt racism of the era. Since he could not sell the land, Joseph Rector decided to lease it out to a Pittsburgh oil company. At the turn of the 20th century, the Indian Territory was the country’s biggest oil producer. After Oklahoma earned statehood in 1907, the new state continued to draw drillers to the area hoping to get lucky. Then, in the fall of 1913, an independent driller struck liquid gold on Sarah Rector’s land, bringing the family royalties of $300 per day, about $8,000 today. Some estimates place Sarah Rector’s net worth at the time at $1 million, or about $28 million today. One newspaper dubbed her “the richest negro in the world.” Under the laws of the time, black parents were not automatically given guardianship of their own children. They had to petition a court to obtain it or otherwise request a white guardian. Sarah’s parents had selected a white guardian for her: Thomas Jefferson Porter. According to historian Tonya Bolden in her biography Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America, Jefferson “had been the family’s benefactor for years and long before there was any probability of them every having money.” Although Joseph Rector had selected Porter as Sarah’s guardian before oil was discovered on her land, newspapers soon picked up the story that the Rector family was still living in relative poverty while Sarah’s white guardian was making a killing off her oil. Library of CongressW.E.B. Du Bois, who got involved with Sarah Rector’s case when he heard rumors her money was being mismanaged. Soon, the NAACP and W.E.B. Du Bois himself got involved, hoping to verify this story and rectify any injustice done to Sarah. Du Bois is said to have written directly to the county judge who oversaw Rector’s affairs for more information. But instead of hearing that Porter was taking advantage of Sarah in the manner described, Du Bois was reassured. Muscogee Judge Leahy wrote back and confirmed that Porter received less than two percent of Sarah’s total income, that the Rectors lived in a new, fully-furnished five-room cottage, and that Sarah and her sister were set to attend a boarding school run by Booker T. Washington. Sarah Rector was fortunate in that her guardian did not take advantage of her wealth and that the local law protected her (many other black children wound up being scammed out of their wealth or far worse). The Muskogee Cimeter, a black Oklahoma newspaper declared, “It takes an awful big man to give the Negro a square deal and Muskogee’s judge is such a man.” At the time, Sarah Rector’s net worth was estimated to be about $750,000 in oil revenue, and she was bringing in over $100,000 per year. Her Later Life And Marriage In Kansas City Rector Family PhotographSarah Rector moved to Kansas City in 1917, where she finished high school and stayed for the rest of her life. With all the attention surrounding her wealth, eventually Sarah Rector attracted the attention of another type of man: one who did not see black or white so much as green. The 12-year-old was soon receiving marriage proposals from suitors as far away as Germany. Of course, people never stopped trying to take advantage of Rector’s fortune. When a change to Oklahoma law raised the legal age from 18 to 21, a local white man attempted to make himself the young millionaire’s legal guardian. The courts again sided with Rector, ruling that since she had managed her property “with such astuteness” that she “needs no guardian.” Sarah wound up marrying a former college football player she met in Kansas City. The couple enjoyed their position as “local royalty,” driving fancy cars and hosting Joe Louis, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie in their mansion. “There, the Rectors eventually moved into a home that was a far cry from that weather-whipped two-room cabin in which Sarah began life. This home-place was a stately stone house. It became known as the Rector Mansion,” Tonya Bolden said. Sarah Rector was not immune from the Great Depression, however, which cost her most of her fortune. She died on July 22, 1967, at age 65 and was buried in Taft. The Rector Mansion in Kansas City still stands though, and her descendants hope to buy it back from the city and turn it into a museum about her life. After learning about Sarah Rector, read about Mansa Musa, who may have been the richest person ever. Then check out the 10 richest people of all time. The post The Unlikely Story Of Sarah Rector, The Oklahoma Teenager Who Became A Millionaire Oil Baron appeared first on All That's Interesting.

On the night of July 22, 1991, a Milwaukee patrol car stopped when a handcuffed man flagged the vehicle down on the street in a panic. The man told the officers that his name was Tracy Edwards — and someone had just tried to murder him. Edwards led police back to the apartment from which he’d fled, and they were hit with a rancid smell when they entered. Upon further investigation, they found preserved human heads, mutilated body parts, and photographs of nude, butchered men. Tracy Edwards spent four hours in Jeffrey Dahmer’s apartment before he could escape, and the trauma stuck with him forever. The apartment belonged to Jeffrey Dahmer, one of history’s most infamous serial killers, and Edwards had just toppled the first domino that would put him behind bars. But despite leading police to Dahmer’s apartment — and later testifying against the killer in court — Edwards’ life remained forever changed after the encounter. He was unable to return to the life he’d once known, and he was later arrested multiple times for drug possession, theft, property damage, bail jumping — and eventually murder. Recently, Edwards’ name was once again in the spotlight due to his portrayal in Netflix’s Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, but his current whereabouts remain unknown. This is his story. The Night Tracy Edwards Met Jeffrey Dahmer One evening in the summer of 1991, Tracy Edwards was drinking with his friends at Grand Avenue Mall in Milwaukee when he was approached by a man named Jeffrey Dahmer. The two spent some time chatting and getting to know each other, then Dahmer suddenly propositioned Edwards, inviting him back to his apartment to watch The Exorcist, have a few beers, and perhaps pose for some nude photos in exchange for money. Enticed by the offer, Edwards followed Dahmer home. But almost immediately, Dahmer’s demeanor changed. Dahmer handcuffed Edwards, held him at knifepoint, and at one point even laid his head on Edwards’ chest and threatened to eat his heart. Curt Borgwardt/Sygma/Sygma via Getty ImagesJeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. He also raped some of his victims and cannibalized their bodies. For four hours, Tracy Edwards sat handcuffed in Dahmer’s apartment, pleading with the killer to spare him. Dahmer refused, but he had put handcuffs on only one of Edwards’ wrists, and this eventually enabled him to escape and make a break for it. Edwards fled Dahmer’s home, running down the streets of Milwaukee with the handcuff still dangling from his arm until he came upon a patrol car. Flagging it down, he explained to the officers that Dahmer had tried to murder him and led them back to Dahmer’s apartment. The officers, however, weren’t prepared for what they would discover. Inside Dahmer’s apartment, they found the dismembered body parts of 11 men littered throughout. There were boxes of body parts, torsos hidden away in a barrel of acid, and three human heads stored in the refrigerator. Tucked away in one drawer, they found photographs Dahmer had taken of his victims at varying stages of undress and mutilation. Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested, but the story he shared with Edwards was far from over. Edwards Testimony Helps Put The “Milwaukee Cannibal” Away — And Brings Him Unwanted Attention “He underestimated me,” Edwards said of his escape from Dahmer’s house. “God sent me there to take care of the situation.” Following Dahmer’s arrest, Tracy Edwards was hailed as a hero — the man who finally brought down the Milwaukee Monster. But as PEOPLE reported, Edwards’ newfound fame did anything but make his life easier. Tracy Edwards testifies in court in 1992 He made an appearance at Dahmer’s 1992 trial, testifying against the killer and telling the court that the traumatic experience had ruined his life. He described his night in Dahmer’s apartment, and that testimony ultimately played a role in Dahmer receiving 15 consecutive life sentences. With his face in newspapers countrywide and the national attention surrounding Dahmer’s trial, Edwards essentially became a household name. Unfortunately, that recognition came at a cost. Police in Mississippi recognized Edwards’ face and connected him to the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in the state. They extradited Edwards in order to charge him with the crime. Edwards later returned to Milwaukee and sued the city police for $5 million for not following up on the numerous tips that had come in about Dahmer before July 1991 — but the lawsuit was thrown out of court. EUGENE GARCIA/AFP via Getty ImagesIn 1994, only two years into his 957-year sentence, Jeffrey Dahmer was killed by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver. A later class action suit that awarded restitution to the family members of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims also curiously left Tracy Edwards out. “My guess is he wanted no part of it,” Edwards’ lawyer Paul Ksicinski said. “He didn’t want anything to remind him of what had happened. It was just too much… I mean, his life was completely destroyed.” How One Night With Dahmer Ruined Tracy Edwards’ Life Following Dahmer’s arrest, trial, and ultimately his death, Tracy Edwards’ string of bad luck continued. Upon returning to Milwaukee, he struggled to hold down a job or find a stable home, spending most of his time in and out of different homeless shelters. According to Ksicinski, to cope with the trauma, Edwards “abused drugs and drank alcohol excessively. He had no home. He just drifted from place to place.” Almost 20 years to the day after he escaped Jeffrey Dahmer’s apartment, Tracy Edwards was accused of pushing a man to his death off a bridge. Reports show that Edwards was homeless from 2002 on, and he racked up a litany of charges involving drug possession, bail jumping, and theft, among others. He lived on the unnoticed outskirts of society until one event in 2011 brought him back into the public eye. Tracy Edwards was arrested on July 26, 2011, after he was accused of helping someone throw another man off a Milwaukee bridge. Paul Ksicinski later said, however, “We always took the position that he did not throw anyone over. This was, in fact, a friend of his. They were all homeless, and they were, unfortunately, abusing alcohol. He was trying to pull him back off the bridge. The people who had seen it didn’t really have, in our viewpoint, the best ability to see what had happened.” Milwaukee County Police DepartmentPaul Ksicinski last saw Tracy Edwards in 2015 after he spent more than a year behind bars. His current whereabouts are unknown. Ultimately, Edwards was charged with homicide, but he later pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of aiding a felon, landing him a sentence of a year and a half. He served his time, but he has since disappeared from public view. “He called Dahmer the devil,” Ksicinski said. “He never sought any kind of psychological or psychiatric treatment for what happened to him. Instead, he chose to self-medicate with alcohol and drugs on the street… Tracy didn’t ask to be a victim of Dahmer’s… People suffer incredibly traumatic events, and it’s different for every person in terms of how they handle it.” Actor Shaun Brown, who portrays him in Netflix’s Monster, later tweeted his support for Tracy Edwards, writing, “I have so much love for Tracy Edwards… Empathy and awareness can create heaven on Earth if we allow it.” Ultimately, it would be unfair to call Edwards a “near-victim” of Dahmer. He wasn’t among the 17 men and boys who Jeffrey Dahmer killed, but his life was forever altered, and ultimately ruined, because of Dahmer. Tracy Edwards is still a victim. After learning about how Tracy Edwards helped put Jeffrey Dahmer behind bars, learn about Dahmer’s father Lionel and mother Joyce. Then, read the story of Tyria Moore, who cooperated with police to put her murderous girlfriend behind bars. The post The Tragic Story Of Tracy Edwards, The Only Man To Escape From Jeffrey Dahmer’s Deadly Clutch appeared first on All That's Interesting.

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