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jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Black Kansas City teen Ralph Yarl sues white man who shot him for ringing the doorbell

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Black Kansas City teen Ralph Yarl sues white man who shot him for ringing the doorbell

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jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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Ralph Yarl, 17, filed a civil suit in Clay County Court seeking monetary damages from Andrew “Dan” Lester, along with Lester’s homeowners’ association. The HOA failed to take precautions about a “potentially dangerous individual,” the lawsuit says.
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    I wouldn’t be shocked if somehow the kid lands in jail

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      Considering he’s black and in America, he has a good chance of that anyway unfortunately, often for some low-level drug crime that would have gotten a white person at most community service.

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          Standing on someone’s porch is trespassing now? Better shoot the mailman.

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              Try standing on someone’s porch in a small town? You mean like delivery people, salespeople, political canvassers and Girl Scouts do all the time? Because I don’t hear about those people getting shot on a regular basis.

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                  Let’s see the statistics.

                  I hope you aren’t saying he was about to be robbed because Mr. Yarl is black.

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              Small town justice doesn’t really sound like justice to me. In fact, it sounds like quite the opposite.

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