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

[Anonymous]

So basically you can shoot someone in KC and be released within 24 hours if the victim isn’t alive to give a statement.

Guarantee this dude is a white cop. This is kids glove treatment.

Civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Lee Merritt, who are representing Yarl and his family, said in a statement that Yarl “is alive and recovering” but that he has severe injuries. They said he was “shot twice and struck in the head and arm by an unidentified white male assailant,” and that Yarl was unarmed. The Washington Post could not independently verify those claims.

Graves did not identify the homeowner or mention their gender or race. She said the homeowner was taken into custody and put on a 24-hour hold, but was later released on the advice of Clay County prosecutors “due to the need to obtain a formal statement from the victim, forensic evidence and compile additional information for a case file to be presented.”

People have already been marching to the homeowners house

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/17/ralph-yarl-shooting-kansas-city/

[Anonymous]

Remember that crazy couple in Missouri who had assault weapons out on their front lawn when BLM protestors were marching through their neighborhood? Instead of just like going inside and locking their door if they felt intimidated? They were heros in the right wing media. It really fuels these yahoos with guns to think they are Dirty Harry or whatever.

My heart is breaking for this kid and his parents. He seems like a total sweetheart and I always love it when teens are helping out with their younger siblings.

[Anonymous]

I am so sick of people sending people to death like their judge, jury and executioner with no repercussions.
We need to start charging everyone who fires a weapon. Sick of this self-defense bull crap. If you shoot someone and they get to really enjoyed or die, you should be charged with the tempted murder or murder.. are you filing a police report and the police finding the person was an imminent threat?. Otherwise, I have no sympathy for these lunatics who shoot first and ask questions later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This reminds me of the poor Japanese foreign exchange student who, along with his friend, went to the wrong address looking for a Halloween party and was shot to death by the homeowner (white male, of course).

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50063364

Louisiana is synonymous with racist.

[Anonymous]

Everyone does realize the eye-witness account is from someone that was with Yarl, and not a neighbor correct? That's been obfuscated in all the media so far. We in fact don't know how many people were with him and what they were doing at the time Yarl was shot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope they get charged with murder and hate crime, and are sentenced to lifetime in jail. Plaster their evil face is all over the Internet, so everybody knows who they are. Disgusting. Pos.

I happily stand corrected that Ralph Yarl is still alive. The rest of my feelings stand.

[Anonymous]

This is interesting:

Missouri passed a “Stand Your Ground” bill in 2016. Under the law, a person may use physical force if they reasonably believe they are under threat and have no duty to retreat. According to a study released last year, homicides drastically rose in Missouri after the law was enacted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is interesting:

Missouri passed a “Stand Your Ground” bill in 2016. Under the law, a person may use physical force if they reasonably believe they are under threat and have no duty to retreat. According to a study released last year, homicides drastically rose in Missouri after the law was enacted.

So, you can shoot the black mailman.

[Anonymous]

Racism clearly. My heart breaks when I read these stories. Who could think this child was a threat?

And don’t get me started on the guns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is interesting:

Missouri passed a “Stand Your Ground” bill in 2016. Under the law, a person may use physical force if they reasonably believe they are under threat and have no duty to retreat. According to a study released last year, homicides drastically rose in Missouri after the law was enacted.

So, you can shoot the black mailman.

Wait - he was delivering the mail??!? WTF.

Pretty sure this makes it a federal offense. US mail even has its own police force.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is interesting:

Missouri passed a “Stand Your Ground” bill in 2016. Under the law, a person may use physical force if they reasonably believe they are under threat and have no duty to retreat. According to a study released last year, homicides drastically rose in Missouri after the law was enacted.

So, you can shoot the black mailman.

Wait - he was delivering the mail??!? WTF.

Pretty sure this makes it a federal offense. US mail even has its own police force.

No, he was a kid. The post was in response to the stand your ground law.

[Anonymous]

What about the claim up-thread that the homeowner was a cop?

[Anonymous]

^^ a racist cop

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is interesting:

Missouri passed a “Stand Your Ground” bill in 2016. Under the law, a person may use physical force if they reasonably believe they are under threat and have no duty to retreat. According to a study released last year, homicides drastically rose in Missouri after the law was enacted.

Not surprised but I also hate this wishy washy language. “Reasonably believe’ to me means ‘as long as the psychopathic murderer says they felt threatened, they are innocent’. You could claim all sorts of crap and get away with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about the claim up-thread that the homeowner was a cop?

Don't spread unsubstantiated info. The PP said h/she "wondered" if it was a cop. No one is claiming it WAS a cop.