Ralph Yarl: Sweet, young teen shot trying to pick up siblings

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Anonymous wrote:Ralph was released from the hospital! So glad he’s recovering!

Wonderful news! Hope he makes a quick recovery.

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Anonymous wrote:I also thought it’s pure racism (along the Aubrey case) until I found that it’s an 85 year old guy. It’s racism but also gun availability. Why, why does an 85 year old, living in an urban area (he’s not living alone in a cabin in the woods to justify owning a gun), need a gun? How come he can keep a gun? He will die in prison, but that does not help the child who was shot, and doesn’t prevent other incidents where people who should have no access to guns do have them. There will always be someone who’s racist, or who is suicidal, or who holds a grudge against the world for perceived real or imagined injustices. Gun ownership should not be this easy! There should be real checks. If I need to renew my driver’s license every 5-8 years, why should a gun owner not have to do the same?

I attended high school not far from Staley high school, which is considered in the Northland or "north" of the Missouri River. You have to drive across the Missouri River by bridge to get to the Northland. The older part of Kansas City, MO is "south" of the Missouri River. That's where the downtown, City Market, the Country Club Plaza, West Port, and the Paseo are located. "South" of the Missouri River has some of the wealthiest areas of Kansas City, like on Ward Parkway, and it also has some of the poorest areas. Most of the crime committed in the Kansas City metro area is concentrated South of the Missouri River and to the East.

Teenagers in the Northland have always enjoyed freedom to roam as they please without much consequence, as they should. My high school has traditions such as tp'ing football players houses for Homecoming. That's kids taking toilet paper in the middle of the night, and throwing it around the outside of the house. I can't imagine having older people like this man with guns, shooting at any noise they hear.

I'm not really sure is about race, though. It's really hard to know if this man with a gun wouldn't have shot at any teenager regardless of race or gender.

In yesterday's press conference, the DA stated that there was a racial element to the case. They know more than we do at this point. But in the similar case in upstate NY that happened around the same time, the shooter and the victim were white so, yes, it's not always about race. The guns are the one constant. Also, most of the shooters are men.

White men.

White. Men.

Let's not make it race thing. All types of races of men kill.

Oh, shut up! It is a “race thing.”

White men are why I look around the parking lot before going into the grocery store. White men are why I worry about my mom being in her local church. White men are why I worry about the hot head that’s speeding down the highway in his pickup truck. White men are why I worry about being in any crowded outdoor event. White men are why I worry about my Black friends and family.

Don’t talk to me about how this isn’t a “race thing.” I’m a Black woman. This shit is always a “race thing.”

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Time magazine is now reporting that Yarl *entered* the wrong house??

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Anonymous wrote:Time magazine is now reporting that Yarl *entered* the wrong house??

Maybe somebody can correct me but did the house have camera footage? If so, I hope they have video.

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Knew it was a white op posting about a black kid. White guilt on here.

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Anonymous wrote:I also thought it’s pure racism (along the Aubrey case) until I found that it’s an 85 year old guy. It’s racism but also gun availability. Why, why does an 85 year old, living in an urban area (he’s not living alone in a cabin in the woods to justify owning a gun), need a gun? How come he can keep a gun? He will die in prison, but that does not help the child who was shot, and doesn’t prevent other incidents where people who should have no access to guns do have them. There will always be someone who’s racist, or who is suicidal, or who holds a grudge against the world for perceived real or imagined injustices. Gun ownership should not be this easy! There should be real checks. If I need to renew my driver’s license every 5-8 years, why should a gun owner not have to do the same?

I attended high school not far from Staley high school, which is considered in the Northland or "north" of the Missouri River. You have to drive across the Missouri River by bridge to get to the Northland. The older part of Kansas City, MO is "south" of the Missouri River. That's where the downtown, City Market, the Country Club Plaza, West Port, and the Paseo are located. "South" of the Missouri River has some of the wealthiest areas of Kansas City, like on Ward Parkway, and it also has some of the poorest areas. Most of the crime committed in the Kansas City metro area is concentrated South of the Missouri River and to the East.

Teenagers in the Northland have always enjoyed freedom to roam as they please without much consequence, as they should. My high school has traditions such as tp'ing football players houses for Homecoming. That's kids taking toilet paper in the middle of the night, and throwing it around the outside of the house. I can't imagine having older people like this man with guns, shooting at any noise they hear.

I'm not really sure is about race, though. It's really hard to know if this man with a gun wouldn't have shot at any teenager regardless of race or gender.

In yesterday's press conference, the DA stated that there was a racial element to the case. They know more than we do at this point. But in the similar case in upstate NY that happened around the same time, the shooter and the victim were white so, yes, it's not always about race. The guns are the one constant. Also, most of the shooters are men.

White men.

White. Men.

Let's not make it race thing. All types of races of men kill.

Oh, shut up! It is a “race thing.”

White men are why I look around the parking lot before going into the grocery store. White men are why I worry about my mom being in her local church. White men are why I worry about the hot head that’s speeding down the highway in his pickup truck. White men are why I worry about being in any crowded outdoor event. White men are why I worry about my Black friends and family.

Don’t talk to me about how this isn’t a “race thing.” I’m a Black woman. This shit is always a “race thing.”

Dayummm are preppy white men in Chinatown, Baltimore, South side Chicago queens NY and Compton calif that dangerous?

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Anonymous wrote:I also thought it’s pure racism (along the Aubrey case) until I found that it’s an 85 year old guy. It’s racism but also gun availability. Why, why does an 85 year old, living in an urban area (he’s not living alone in a cabin in the woods to justify owning a gun), need a gun? How come he can keep a gun? He will die in prison, but that does not help the child who was shot, and doesn’t prevent other incidents where people who should have no access to guns do have them. There will always be someone who’s racist, or who is suicidal, or who holds a grudge against the world for perceived real or imagined injustices. Gun ownership should not be this easy! There should be real checks. If I need to renew my driver’s license every 5-8 years, why should a gun owner not have to do the same?

I attended high school not far from Staley high school, which is considered in the Northland or "north" of the Missouri River. You have to drive across the Missouri River by bridge to get to the Northland. The older part of Kansas City, MO is "south" of the Missouri River. That's where the downtown, City Market, the Country Club Plaza, West Port, and the Paseo are located. "South" of the Missouri River has some of the wealthiest areas of Kansas City, like on Ward Parkway, and it also has some of the poorest areas. Most of the crime committed in the Kansas City metro area is concentrated South of the Missouri River and to the East.

Teenagers in the Northland have always enjoyed freedom to roam as they please without much consequence, as they should. My high school has traditions such as tp'ing football players houses for Homecoming. That's kids taking toilet paper in the middle of the night, and throwing it around the outside of the house. I can't imagine having older people like this man with guns, shooting at any noise they hear.

I'm not really sure is about race, though. It's really hard to know if this man with a gun wouldn't have shot at any teenager regardless of race or gender.

In yesterday's press conference, the DA stated that there was a racial element to the case. They know more than we do at this point. But in the similar case in upstate NY that happened around the same time, the shooter and the victim were white so, yes, it's not always about race. The guns are the one constant. Also, most of the shooters are men.

White men.

White. Men.

Let's not make it race thing. All types of races of men kill.

Oh, shut up! It is a “race thing.”

White men are why I look around the parking lot before going into the grocery store. White men are why I worry about my mom being in her local church. White men are why I worry about the hot head that’s speeding down the highway in his pickup truck. White men are why I worry about being in any crowded outdoor event. White men are why I worry about my Black friends and family.

Don’t talk to me about how this isn’t a “race thing.” I’m a Black woman. This shit is always a “race thing.”

And you have all of those white people looking out for black men. So what’s different between you and them?

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Anonymous wrote:Time magazine is now reporting that Yarl *entered* the wrong house??

Please provide link. I looked for this factoid at the Time website and didn't find it.

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Anonymous wrote:Time magazine is now reporting that Yarl *entered* the wrong house??

Maybe somebody can correct me but did the house have camera footage? If so, I hope they have video.

No, it did not.

"The prosecutor said Lester, who lived alone, shot Yarl with a .32-caliber revolver through a glass door. No words were exchanged between the two. There were no witnesses or video of the shooting itself."

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Anonymous wrote:Time magazine is now reporting that Yarl *entered* the wrong house??

Please provide link. I looked for this factoid at the Time website and didn't find it.

I reported the troll. It’s a flat out lie.

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Anonymous wrote:I also thought it’s pure racism (along the Aubrey case) until I found that it’s an 85 year old guy. It’s racism but also gun availability. Why, why does an 85 year old, living in an urban area (he’s not living alone in a cabin in the woods to justify owning a gun), need a gun? How come he can keep a gun? He will die in prison, but that does not help the child who was shot, and doesn’t prevent other incidents where people who should have no access to guns do have them. There will always be someone who’s racist, or who is suicidal, or who holds a grudge against the world for perceived real or imagined injustices. Gun ownership should not be this easy! There should be real checks. If I need to renew my driver’s license every 5-8 years, why should a gun owner not have to do the same?

I attended high school not far from Staley high school, which is considered in the Northland or "north" of the Missouri River. You have to drive across the Missouri River by bridge to get to the Northland. The older part of Kansas City, MO is "south" of the Missouri River. That's where the downtown, City Market, the Country Club Plaza, West Port, and the Paseo are located. "South" of the Missouri River has some of the wealthiest areas of Kansas City, like on Ward Parkway, and it also has some of the poorest areas. Most of the crime committed in the Kansas City metro area is concentrated South of the Missouri River and to the East.

Teenagers in the Northland have always enjoyed freedom to roam as they please without much consequence, as they should. My high school has traditions such as tp'ing football players houses for Homecoming. That's kids taking toilet paper in the middle of the night, and throwing it around the outside of the house. I can't imagine having older people like this man with guns, shooting at any noise they hear.

I'm not really sure is about race, though. It's really hard to know if this man with a gun wouldn't have shot at any teenager regardless of race or gender.

In yesterday's press conference, the DA stated that there was a racial element to the case. They know more than we do at this point. But in the similar case in upstate NY that happened around the same time, the shooter and the victim were white so, yes, it's not always about race. The guns are the one constant. Also, most of the shooters are men.

White men.

White. Men.

Let's not make it race thing. All types of races of men kill.

Oh, shut up! It is a “race thing.”

White men are why I look around the parking lot before going into the grocery store. White men are why I worry about my mom being in her local church. White men are why I worry about the hot head that’s speeding down the highway in his pickup truck. White men are why I worry about being in any crowded outdoor event. White men are why I worry about my Black friends and family.

Don’t talk to me about how this isn’t a “race thing.” I’m a Black woman. This shit is always a “race thing.”

Dayummm are preppy white men in Chinatown, Baltimore, South side Chicago queens NY and Compton calif that dangerous?

As expected, there’s your attempt at equalizing low-income neighborhood crime with the terrorism that white males are inflicting on this entire country.

I don’t hang out in the south side of Chicago, and I’m sure you don’t either.

”Preppy white men” have been terrorizing this country for decades now. Unfortunately for us, their terrorism isn’t restricted to low-income neighborhoods that you or I don’t frequent. I can stay out of bad neighborhoods in Chicago and Oakland and Baltimore. I can’t keep my family away from grocery stores and churches and clubs and off highways.

You’re a hypocrite.

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Anonymous wrote:Time magazine is now reporting that Yarl *entered* the wrong house??

That was the initial headline that has now been updated. He was also initially widely reported as being in critical condition which has also been updated.

While getting important news via GoFundMe isn't great, later legitimate news agency have confirmed the story.

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Anonymous wrote:I also thought it’s pure racism (along the Aubrey case) until I found that it’s an 85 year old guy. It’s racism but also gun availability. Why, why does an 85 year old, living in an urban area (he’s not living alone in a cabin in the woods to justify owning a gun), need a gun? How come he can keep a gun? He will die in prison, but that does not help the child who was shot, and doesn’t prevent other incidents where people who should have no access to guns do have them. There will always be someone who’s racist, or who is suicidal, or who holds a grudge against the world for perceived real or imagined injustices. Gun ownership should not be this easy! There should be real checks. If I need to renew my driver’s license every 5-8 years, why should a gun owner not have to do the same?

I attended high school not far from Staley high school, which is considered in the Northland or "north" of the Missouri River. You have to drive across the Missouri River by bridge to get to the Northland. The older part of Kansas City, MO is "south" of the Missouri River. That's where the downtown, City Market, the Country Club Plaza, West Port, and the Paseo are located. "South" of the Missouri River has some of the wealthiest areas of Kansas City, like on Ward Parkway, and it also has some of the poorest areas. Most of the crime committed in the Kansas City metro area is concentrated South of the Missouri River and to the East.

Teenagers in the Northland have always enjoyed freedom to roam as they please without much consequence, as they should. My high school has traditions such as tp'ing football players houses for Homecoming. That's kids taking toilet paper in the middle of the night, and throwing it around the outside of the house. I can't imagine having older people like this man with guns, shooting at any noise they hear.

I'm not really sure is about race, though. It's really hard to know if this man with a gun wouldn't have shot at any teenager regardless of race or gender.

In yesterday's press conference, the DA stated that there was a racial element to the case. They know more than we do at this point. But in the similar case in upstate NY that happened around the same time, the shooter and the victim were white so, yes, it's not always about race. The guns are the one constant. Also, most of the shooters are men.

White men.

White. Men.

Let's not make it race thing. All types of races of men kill.

Oh, shut up! It is a “race thing.”

White men are why I look around the parking lot before going into the grocery store. White men are why I worry about my mom being in her local church. White men are why I worry about the hot head that’s speeding down the highway in his pickup truck. White men are why I worry about being in any crowded outdoor event. White men are why I worry about my Black friends and family.

Don’t talk to me about how this isn’t a “race thing.” I’m a Black woman. This shit is always a “race thing.”

And you have all of those white people looking out for black men. So what’s different between you and them?

Oh, I don’t doubt that. Many white men jump to conclusions about Black people. Just ask Ralph Yarl.

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^^What’s different is I’m not shooting innocent people through my front door.

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Anonymous wrote:I read that the old white guy was very afraid of the young black man standing at his door. I believe that.

Now I'm wondering if it's then now okay for Black people to shoot the old white guys that they are afraid of.

So then why did the old white guy open the door??? If he was sooooo afraid of big black monster at the door why did he open the door?. Yes, I am black and No I don’t open the door just because someone knocks. I look out to see who it is, I speak to them through the closed and locked door and if it’s the wrong house they move along. Alternatively when religious groups used to come every Saturday morning, I did not answer the door at all and they moved to the next house. Opening the door because of fear of the outside is the exact opposite.

The shooter was not afraid. He was evil.