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Judge orders psychological evaluation for white homeowner who shot Ralph Yarl

A judge has ordered a mental evaluation and delayed the trial for an 85-year-old white man who shot Ralph Yarl after the teenage Black honor student came to his Kansas City, Missouri, home by mistake

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Attorney for white homeowner who shot Ralph Yarl says his client needs a psychological evaluation

The attorney for an elderly white homeowner who shot Ralph Yarl after the teenage Black honor student came to his home by mistake says his client needs a psychological exam

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Black Teen's Family Files Lawsuit Against Shooter And HOA

Lawsuit filed on behalf of Black teenager shot in the head after ringing wrong doorbell in Kansas City, raising concerns about anti-Black racism.

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Missouri man fatally shoots his mother at home after mistaking her for intruder

Jaylen Johnson charged with manslaughter after shooting death of his mother at their home’s back door in St Louis suburb

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Ralph Yarl, Black teenager shot by white man, now in Missouri’s all-state band

Yarl was shot in the head and arm last year after he rang the doorbell to the wrong house while trying to pick up his brothers

The Guardian - US

Off-duty Texas police officer shoots Black neighbor through closed door

There have been several recent incidents in the US in which people have been shot after approaching the wrong residence

The Guardian - US

Man who shot Black teen who mistakenly went to his door enters not guilty plea; trial is scheduled

A white 84-year-old homeowner who is accused of shooting a Black teenager after the high-schooler mistakenly came to his Kansas City home entered a not guilty plea Wednesday

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White homeowner, 84, pleads not guilty to charges for shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl

Mr Yarl, then 16, was shot after he drove into the wrong driveway

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White man faces trial in US for shooting Black teen who went to wrong house

Teenager Ralph Yarl was shot without warning through a door after going to the wrong house to collect his brothers.

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Andrew Lester set to stand trial over shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl

Mr Lester is charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action

The Independent UK

Judge to decide whether white man will stand trial for shooting Black teen who went to wrong house

A Missouri judge is expected to rule on whether an 84-year-old white homeowner will stand trial for shooting a Black teenager who went to the wrong home to pick up his brothers

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‘License to kill’: How ‘Stand Your Ground’ gun laws are fuelling random shootings and racism across the US

Josh Marcus reports on a growing body of laws making it easier to ‘shoot first and ask questions later’

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As Ralph Yarl begins his senior year of high school, the man who shot him faces a court hearing

Four months after Ralph Yarl was shot in the head when he went to the wrong house, the Black teenager has started his senior year of high school

The Independent UK

How the shooting of Ralph Yarl demonstrates the fiction of a colorblind society in America

Given the gunshot wounds to his head and arm, the fact that Ralph Yarl was able to celebrate his 17th birthday on May 7, 2023, is a modern-day miracle.

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Ralph Yarl reveals white homeowner told him ‘not to come here ever again’ before shooting him twice

Ralph Yarl, then 16, mistakenly drove into the driveway of 84-year-old Andrew Lester’s home in Kansas City, Missouri

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Kansas City teenager Ralph Yarl recounts being shot after he rang the wrong doorbell

Ralph Yarl tells ABC's “Good Morning America” that he never thought he would be shot even after the white man at the door he had mistakenly gone to in Kansas City pointed a gun at him

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White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor is arrested in Florida

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says a Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday

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Sheriff probes 'self defense' claim of white woman who fatally shot Black neighbor in front of kids

A Florida sheriff says detectives must investigate self-defense claims before any criminal charges can be brought against a white woman who fatally shot her Black neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud

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Teenager walks at brain injury event weeks after getting shot in head for knocking on wrong door

Ralph Yarl has walked at a brain injury awareness event, just weeks after he was shot in the head for accidentally knocking on the wrong door in Kansas City, Missouri

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Lawyer cites 84-year-old’s health concerns amid push to seal Ralph Yarl shooting case

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The defense attorney representing Andrew Lester, the Kansas City resident charged in the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl on his doorstep in April, asked a Clay County judge to grant a protective order Monday as the 84-year-old continues to face harassment and fears for his well-being.

The Independent UK

Attorney wants court records sealed in Ralph Yarl shooting

The attorney for a Missouri man accused of shooting a Black teenager who mistakenly came to his door is asking a judge to prevent any new information in the case from being made public

Reason

T. Markus Funk on Self-Defense Law

T. Markus Funk, a former prosecutor, has written extensively on self-defense law (and I was pleased to have had a chance to author one such piece with him); see, e.g., this post and this one, and also Rethinking Self-Defence: The 'Ancient Right's' Rationale Disentangled (2021), Understanding the Role Values Play…

Salon

Who is afraid of Ralph Yarl?

There will be many more Ralph Yarls because that is exactly how (White) America wants it

The Independent UK

The front door, threshold of welcome — and perilous border

The front door in America is one of the landscape's most intimate and personal of borders

Tribune News Service

Why are strangers shooting people who are in the wrong place at the wrong time? Gun experts weigh in

Whether it’s due to anger or fear, gun experts worry America is becoming a “shoot-first” country.

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