Posted on 04/17/2023 12:29:42 PM PDT by Callahan
-Ralph Yarl was shot through a glass door by a white homeowner in his 80s 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
A homeowner accused of shooting a black teenager in Missouri after the 16-year-old mistakenly rang his doorbell is understood to be an elderly white man in his 80s…
… Ralph was known among his peers for his intellect and for being a 'musical genius', before he was shot in the head and arm. The teen had received a letter from Yale Undergraduate Admissions Board identifying him as a 'good candidate' for the prestigious university. Ralph is part of his high school's Technology Student Association and Science Olympia Team, plays in the marching, jazz, and competition band, and is one of the top base clarinet players in Missouri. He had big dreams of attending college after being recognized as a Missouri scholar academy alumni in 2022.
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Absolutely!
I used to live at an address that was constantly confused with a similar address one block away.
I used to live at an address that was constantly confused with a similar address one block away.
Viola Davis and Halle Berry have both since called for justice for Ralph after hundreds of protesters marched outside the home of the suspected shooter on Sunday with the victim's family to demand action.
115th Street vs 115th Terrace on opposite ends. KC is known for confusing addresses.
“ The teen had received a letter from Yale Undergraduate Admissions Board identifying him as a ‘good candidate’ for the prestigious university.”
Everybody gets those.
It was still a bad shoot, and this poor old man is going to pay the price.
The devil is in the details.
How did he approach the house?
Were the occupants asleep?
Did the young man get angry when the door was answered?
“Ralph was known among his peers for his intellect...”
Ralph wasn’t smart enough to knock on the correct door.
I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance........
I someone knocks on my door at 10pm I'm not going to be happy.
That old man and his family are hopefully in a hidden location.
I thought all gifted programs weee cancelled, due to being racist.
Ringing someone’s doorbell isn’t a threat. Maybe the old man can mount an insanity defense?
Everybody gets those.
He's definitley getting in now. On full scholarship.
Nope, and if you do at my house I'll probably yell at you from a window.
Bummer. But I wanna see the same attention given to the hundreds of whites attacked monthly in carjackings, armed robberies, rapes, home invasions, etc.
They were just white kids.
Where they trans or gay? No.
Not a big deal, sorry.
Yes, best to wait until more info comes out.
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