Posted on 04/17/2023 8:48:43 AM PDT by dennisw
Ralph Yarl was shot through the glass by a white homeowner after mistakenly approaching the wrong address He had been going to collect his two younger twin brothers from a house less than a block away in Kansas City, Missouri Police have not brought any charges in the incident, and released the suspected gunman after 24 hours
Actresses Viola Davis and Halle Berry have both called for justice for a black teenager who was shot in the head through a glass door by a white homeowner after her went to the wrong address to pick up his younger siblings.
Ralph Yarl, 16, was allegedly attacked outside of a house in Kansas City, Missouri, just a block away from the property his twin brothers were waiting to be picked up from.
He reportedly pulled into the driveway of the home at 10pm, rang the doorbell, and was immediately shot in the head by the white homeowner – who has not been identified.
Hundreds of protesters marched outside the home of the suspected shooter on Sunday with the family of Ralph to demand justice for the teenager.
More than $995,000 have been raised by a GoFundMe account to help Ralph and his family with the medical bills, as he remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition.
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That is a very big "IF".
I will take the bet that there are major omissions in the "facts" that have been reported. It is even possible, albeit unlikely, that the shooting was justified.
The "tell" is that the police released the shooter without charges. They don't usually do that, especially when the shooter is a white man, and the target is a black man. Police know full well that riots can follow if they don't punish the white man. They really don't want to deal with riots.
Yes, that is racism in reverse. In any conflict, blacks are presumed innocent, and whites are presumed guilty until proven otherwise. Commonplace in these fallen times.
I will wait just a bit before condemning the homeowner.
This guy will go to jail.
Alec Baldwin is still free.
Perhaps the shooter was a registered Democrat and (contrary to some accounts) a female. Whoaaaa...put the brakes on that info.
But didn’t good old Joe once say that you can just fire off a shotgun through the door if you a scared...not only out the bedroom window.
Maybe IF they learned MATH in school-—they could read house numbers
... or we could wait until more facts come out before commenting.
... we could stop making everything a cause celebre when we don’t know what actually happened.
... or we could wait until more facts come out before commenting.
... we could stop making everything a cause celebre when we don’t know what actually happened.
It is very sad but unfortunately if you belong to a group that is known for preying on vulnerable persons, and a tendency for crime people will put their guard up at your approach. Sometimes the reaction ends in tragedy. This is a good reason why the black community has to start realizing how policies that coddle and excuse crime is really hurting them.
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