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James Ramseur

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Outlaw

The Resume

    (August 15, 1966-December 22, 2011)
    Resident of the South Bronx
    Shot in the chest by 'subway vigilante' Bernhard Goetz (December 22, 1984)
    Imprisoned for rape and related charges (1986-2002)
    Returned to jail for parole violations (2005-10)
    Died in a hotel room of a drug overdose in an apparent suicide

Why he might be annoying:

    In a later newspaper interview, fellow shooting target Troy Canty admitted that the group had decided to rob Goetz because he 'looked like easy bait.'
    He and two of the other youths shot by Goetz were carrying sharpened screwdrivers.
    He falsely reported to police that men hired by Goetz kidnapped him and tried to kill him (March, 1985).
    When he testified during Goetz's trial for attempted murder, his repeated angry outbursts prompted the judge to cite him for contempt, order him removed from the court and disallow his testimony.
    He held the gun on a pregnant 18-year-old while an associate raped and sodomized her (May, 1985).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was briefly in a coma after being shot.
    In a statement to police, Goetz admitted that he believed none of the men he shot to have been armed.
    He learned the lesson, 'Don't bring a screwdriver to a gun fight.'
    He committed suicide on the anniversary of the subway shooting.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 93.75% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 23 Votes: 34.78% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 37 Votes: 48.65% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 43 Votes: 79.07% Annoying