ABC will also show what it calls exclusive video of Cabey in his hospital bed, shot by Cabey's brother. THE headlines last week after Bernhard Goetz was found liable in the 1984 subway shooting of a Bronx teen-ager extracted a straightforward meaning from the case: Mr. Goetz, the world was told, had been ordered by a Civil Court jury to pay Darrell Cabey $43 million. She just imagines he is a normal 30-year-old, sitting in a chair. Insisting that Canty was bumming money and not threatening passengers, attorney Howard Meyer said, My guy never had crimes against individuals. ABC's "20-20" Devotes Full Hour to Goetz Case | AP News On the afternoon of December 22, Troy Canty, Barry Allen, Darrell Cabey and James Ramseur reportedly approached Goetz as he was riding the subway and demanded $5. Troy Canty was a petty thief and crack smoker who went through drug rehab and took vocational training as an auto mechanic. I wanted to maim those guys. Directly opposite him sat Troy Canty, 19; to Goetz's right, on a short two-seat bench, sat Darrell Cabey, 19, and James Ramseur, 19. He puts holes in video machines, not people.. Mr. Goetz filed for bankruptcy. After the shooting, Goetz went on the run for over a week before turning himself in to police. Jimmy Breslin testifies at Goetz trial - UPI Archives Four black teenagersBarry Allen, Troy Canty, Darrell Cabey and James Ramseurwere in the subway car, traveling from the South Bronx housing project where they lived to a video arcade, where . "The embarrassment is just going to keep growing over this," Laura Harth, the campaign director at Safeguard Defenders, told Newsweek. He is paralyzed and spends much of his time watching television. It was a case that wouldn't seem out of place today. He was released from prison Dec. 28. Darrell Cabey, who was awarded $43 million by jury for injuries from being shot by Bernard Goetz in Manhattan subway train in 1984, retains law firm that specializes in debt collection to pursue. Mostly, he stays in, said Mrs. Cabey. Netflix Hochul cuts ties with advisor after troubling behavior reported, Deported 20 years ago, Brooklyn mans extraordinary fight to return reaches an end, NYPD deploys tracking technology to curb car thefts, Woman dies at Brooklyn party loft, neighbors say space is a haven for unlicensed parties. FACTS STILL CLOUDY IN GOETZ CASE - Chicago Tribune (179K AIFF sound or 179K WAV sound). Goetz shot Ramseur and three other African-American teenagers on December 22,1984, aboard a Manhattan subway car. And God has been with me since day one. But Goetz was "not some cool, calculating racist," the attorney said, just a frightened man. His attorney, Scott H. Greenfield, said Canty has left the Bronx, but didnt know his whereabouts. Petition Make Bernard Goetz pay back Darrell Cabey Change.org All Rights Reserved. The cause of his death was not immediately clear. When Darrell Cabey, James Ramseur, Troy Canty, and Barry Allen boarded the same train Goetz was on in 1984, Goetz claimed they boxed him in and demanded $5. Adding a new chapter to a story that touched on many New Yorkers' darkest fears about crime, race and violence, the six-member jury unanimously found that the December 1984 shooting of Darrell Cabey, one of four young black men who Mr. Goetz said were trying to rob him, was unjustified. They saw him as a vigilante standing up in the face of the 14,000 subway crimes that happened each year, about 38 every day.