Posted on 04/20/2023 4:02:29 PM PDT by LouAvul
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TND) — Andrew Lester, 84, is accused of shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl after the Black teenager appeared at the front door of the older man's Kansas City, Missouri home.
It's a story that has gripped the nation, especially now that similar shootings have occurred, including one involving the killing of a 20-year-old woman in New York who was shot after pulling into a 65-year-old man's driveway. The cases have also reignited the ever-ongoing debate over gun control in the United States.
Now, a member of Lester's family, his grandson, is offering up information on the 84-year-old shooting suspect, telling CNN that his grandfather believed in "crazy" conservative conspiracy theories and often made "racist comments."
I believe he holds racist tendencies and beliefs," Klint Ludwig, 28, said of his grandfather, Lester. "A lot of it was like the QAnon-level conspiracies of election denying and he got really weird about some Fauci dogs... And I would push back on some of that stuff and he couldn’t handle being pushed back on and at a certain point we kind of lost touch and I think it was more his choice than mine."
Ludwig added that Lester often made disparaging comments about Black people, LGBT people and immigrants. Lester was also the owner of a large number of firearms, which he kept in his home, according to Ludwig.
When CNN's Don Lemon asked Ludwig why he thought his grandfather held racist beliefs, the 28-year-old said that Lester was "just a stock American Christian male" and "that’s just how they are."
(Excerpt) Read more at ktul.com ...
Looks like somebody’s not getting a birthday card with 5 dollars in it this year.
Yeah, that’s great. You keep that up and you will have a problem. Hey media, come and interview me, you cowards! Come on, send me a PM here and let’s get it on. You will have so many millions watch the interview, you’ll make BILLIONS. Promise.
The Enemedia is really going ape bleep bringing out every useless detail of the homeowners life. Already today I’ve read from his ex-wife who divorced him 40 years ago. And now this garbage from the grandson.
And all the while we are hearing absolutely nothing about that black man who shot a little white girl because her basketball rolled in his yard
What you have to say?
This is why ‘red flag’ laws are popping up again...they need to get the guns away from ‘law abiding while Christian males’, aided and abetted by ‘Christians’ like the Southern Baptist Convention.
Sounds like he’s been listening to Nicolle WallAss.
You can always count on the young relatives. Little A-hole.
Did you catch the bigotry in the grandson’s statement?
“Gripped the nation”
No, just the deranged commentariat.
His “grandson” sounds like a class A azho.
Doesn’t appear to have shot anyone yet.
Today’s youth would unplug their grandparents life support to charge their smartphones.
OCEANS of information and people squealing to the Media on this guy - but the same Media still hasn't discovered Hunter Biden's laptop...
Since every airport, hospital family waiting room, train and bus station, bowling alley, cheap lunch place and millions of people’s homes have CNN on TV it means there can be no impartial juror left.
“He is a racist. I seen the guy’s grandson on CNN. He’s guilty.”
“Yeah, guilty.”
(he got really weird about some Fauci dogs)
Oh my goodness, hope he didn’t mention Fauci having dogs eaten alive by bugs!!!
The 1st is also a Satanist🚨 BREAKING: 2nd grandson of Andrew Lester comes forward, disagrees with his brother's CNN interview, says his grandfather would not have fired his gun without provocation— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) April 20, 2023
With all the lunatics running around, get here bro.
Wow. Thanks for the heads up.
As for that first idiot who actually got to be on national TV news-—
“What’s the matter with kids today?”
-—From Bye Bye Birdie.
Now he’s on the record against all white Christian males.
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