In 1984, Bernhard Goetz, a white man, shot four black youths on a New York City subway train because he feared they were about to rob him. In 1996, Goetz was:

a. required by a civil jury to pay millions of dollars to one of the men he had shot.
b. shot and killed during a robbery.
c. still serving a prison sentence for murdering one of the black youths.
d. awarded a Presidential Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton.


Answer: a

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