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."
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Not so much gripped.. as latch on to. Like a blood sucker.
Not so much gripped.. as latched on to. Like a blood sucker.
Take a good look at your own family and identify the ones who would lie or turn you in.
Then figure out how to best manage your relationship. For Pete’s sake don’t argue with them. Best to be quiet and watch.
Pandering? Not me. I know it’s already in progress and has been for a long time. My reply was to those blaming the whites. Since we never get both sides of the story, who knows what really happened. Those that don’t want to fight back are pandering. Those that are blaming the old white guys are pandering. I understand why it’s happening and it’s going to get worse. I also know that there are good, decent, hard-working black people out there that will suffer for it. My neighbor is one. I don’t assume all black people are bad or all white people are good. It’s the hood-rats that have been given license to loot, steal, beat-up, and kill that I have a problem with. Most are too low IQ to figure it out. All they know is “free stuff” and shoot anybody that gets in their way. Yes, we have a gun problem and it’s all in the ghetto and projects, but they won’t touch those.
We have a Democrat/media problem that pander to those too stupid to make it in life.
Sad story. The dumbarse homeowner’s Grandson is an even bigger piece of shiite than he is. To go on national TV and verbally destroy one of your own family members like this only puts a spotlight on the dark soul of this young man. What a
POS!!
“A 2nd grandson has shown up
🚨 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
The 1st is also a Satanist”
I hope the 2nd Grandson knocks the hell out of the first grandson.
Good Lord. What a pussy-ass little bitch.
All praise to God.
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Soiboi's gonna soiboi. Imagine being from the Korean War generation knowing that you spawned a little gender confused nebbish like this.
I hope you like it
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