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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.

The Conversation

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

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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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

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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.

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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

The Independent UK

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…

Reason

Who is afraid of Ralph Yarl?

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

Salon

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

The Independent UK

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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Melinda Henneberger: Fox News alert: Andrew Lester didn’t act alone, even if only he shot Ralph Yarl

We know now that Andrew D. Lester, the 84-year-old Northlander who shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, did not act alone.

Tribune News Service

Why wasn’t man accused of shooting black teen charged with a hate crime? Experts point to gap in Missouri law

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In explaining his decision not to file a hate crime charge against the 84-year-old man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl, Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson said Monday he did not want to risk double jeopardy.

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Andrew Lester’s grandson comes to his defence and denies race played part in Ralph Yarl shooting

Daniel Ludwig told the Kansas City Star that his grandfather’s account of the events ‘hasn’t been reported’

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After Ralph Yarl shooting, Black people in Kansas City’s Northland keep fighting racism

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Before Theo Davis moved from Washington, D.C., to help pastor a church in Kansas City’s predominantly white neighborhoods north of the Missouri River, a Black church elder called him with a warning:

Fortune

How 'stand your ground' laws promote racial resentment

Three shootings have occurred over the last three weeks in states that have stand-your-ground laws.

The Guardian - UK

Fox News and its audience became hooked on lies – now they can’t break the habit

Evidence revealed in the Dominion case exposed the channel as the hostage of its viewers’ fantasy: a Trump election victory, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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North Carolina man accused of shooting 6-year-old neighbor, parents over basketball turns himself in

A North Carolina man accused of shooting a 6-year-old neighbor and her parents after a basketball rolled into his yard has surrendered to authorities.

The Independent UK

Ralph Yarl rang the wrong doorbell and was shot by Andrew Lester. These key questions remain unanswered

As Ralph Yarl begins a long road to recovery and Andrew Lester faces the possibility of a life sentence on felony charges, Io Dodds explains what we still don’t know about the shooting

Salon

The GOP war on youth is literally armed

Republicans encourage paranoid, angry men to buy guns — young people are the ones paying the price

The Independent UK

Ralph Yarl – update: Andrew Lester’s family ‘disgusted’ by shooting as stand your ground laws in spotlight

Ralph Yarl’s recovery continues at home in Kansas City while a GoFundMe to help pay his medical bills has now topped $3.4m

Daily Mirror

Ralph Yarl neighbour chokes up remembering moment teen banged on door after being shot

Jodi Rae has spoken out about what happened to Ralph Yarl in Kansas City after he knocked on the wrong door when collecting his twin brothers, describing the trail of blood left across her property as the teen came begging for help

The Guardian - US

Man allegedly shoots girl, six, and her parents after ball rolls into his backyard

William White and his daughter Kinsley were seriously hurt during shooting in North Carolina while suspect remains at large

The Independent UK

Andrew Lester’s family ‘disgusted’ by shooting: ‘We stand with Ralph Yarl’

Andrew Lester’s grandson claims his grandfather has a history of making ‘racist comments’ and of an interest in ‘QAnon-level conspiracy theories’

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