(Kansas City, MO) Protests after Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old Black teenager, was shot twice by white homeowner after ringing doorbell at wrong address
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considering that the shooter's statement to police is posted in this very thread pretty much anyone who can read could say
This is what you get when you feed a populance a daily dose of paranoia and anger for an extended amount of time so they stay properly riled up and buy your guns. Every gun commercial and argument ever is always talking about home invasions and how "they" are coming for you and your family and your gun is the only thing that can protect you. So of course ringing the doorbell triggers a Pavlovian response.
Who cares what the gunner thought? What matters is what he did.
I agree. This case is not the same as what was being discussed in that thread.
I'm so glad the kid's gonna make it. I work with so many young musicians yearly, and this kid looked to be one of the dedicated, talented students who I'm always so impressed with, the opposite of any threat.
The fuck is in water there? Like I live in Louisiana, a subdivision no less! & I have never heard of such insanity! Like what happen to helping your neighbor? Or not answering the door if you don't know the person?
Black youth gets shot, perp gets released.
White woman gets shot, perp is immediately put in jail and pressed with charges.
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If A Thief Breaks Into Your Home, Is It Wrong To Shoot Them?
Had an interesting conversation with some coworkers earlier regarding a news story that happened in Georgia (US) recently: Source: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/homeowner-kills-intruder-peachcrest-road-dekalb-county TLDR: Thief attempts to break into someone's home, and the homeowner...www.resetera.com
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Stop trying to start shit…
I get your spicy point you're trying to make but at the end of the day there's a sharp difference between a stranger suddenly in your home which is an unusual and terrifying occurrence that might happen once in your life vs someone ringing a doorbell which happens a hundred times a year.
While the racial component can't be ignored, Missouri seems like an absolute dumpster fire of a state right now.
Am I wrong for being concerned over the future of this young man? When people die from gun violence, a narrative is trotted out about "healing" and thoughts and prayers. When people survive gun violence and can speak out against it, the nuts come out of the woodwork.
Die from gun violence = thoughts and prayers
Surviving gun violence = enemy of 2A
Sorry to be so jaded.
Die from gun violence = thoughts and prayers
Surviving gun violence = enemy of 2A
Sorry to be so jaded.
What's worse is there's a gofundme to raise funds for funeral expenses and shit. This country is just people getting killed for doing nothing and their families having to crowdfund the costs of burying them. Absolutely fucking wretched country.
Exactly where I'm at. If he were killed, the narrative could more easily be controlled. This young man would have been robbed of his voice. Surviving gun violence causes unrestrained anger from the same assholes that would piss on you with thoughts and prayers had he died.
Cops didn't let him go willingly. They were trying to have him arrested but the DA's office told them to release him. And then the story hit the media and the DA suddenly gave a shit. For reasons.
If you own a Ring device or video doorbell, there's a Neighbors app included within the Ring app where you can post things to alert people in your area about things like missing pets, road closures, medical emergencies, etc.
But most of the events that people record have to do with either Amazon packages getting stolen or someone knocking on their door/trying to open the door/ringing their doorbell, and quickly walking away. I wished I could say I was shocked at the number of people who post comments about shooting people who do this. A simple mistake shouldn't have to cost someone their life, but we live in a culture full of wannabe, paranoid cowboys who want to fulfill their fantasy of blasting away at someone who comes near their property. It's disgusting, sad, and I wished there were a way to destroy gun culture in this country.
But most of the events that people record have to do with either Amazon packages getting stolen or someone knocking on their door/trying to open the door/ringing their doorbell, and quickly walking away. I wished I could say I was shocked at the number of people who post comments about shooting people who do this. A simple mistake shouldn't have to cost someone their life, but we live in a culture full of wannabe, paranoid cowboys who want to fulfill their fantasy of blasting away at someone who comes near their property. It's disgusting, sad, and I wished there were a way to destroy gun culture in this country.
Yeah, and what's worse - Kansas City and St. Louis (which Ferguson is part of) are the progressive parts of the state, relatively speaking! This is the kind of shit that is happening in the metro areas that the rest of the state hates. Everything in between the two is deep rural, Ozarkian, hillbilly, Fox News brainwashed hellscape.
Fox News screams "BE SCARED" at these people 24/7. This is the end result. I'm sure the shooter saw a black kid at the door and went "Ahh, it's BLM, they've finally come for me!"
Sounds like we need to investigate the DA, same with that tragic shooting in Georgia.
Oh wow. You've had a couple of near misses. Stay safe out there. Some people just want to use any excuse to murder someone.
i feel like some of yall need to get on nextdoor to see how fucking crazy some of your neighbors are.
i swear more than half the email notifications i get are "suspicious person" "suspicious car" "my car was broken into, what kind of world do we live in"
some of these people i swear to god are literally afraid of life.
I'm surprised we haven't seen it yet. But mostly because the kid probably had a clean record. I bet they're going to pull up his detention file for like, not doing homework or something, if they can find it.
*sigh* guess its time for my monthly you should not be using Ring post...
Amazon’s Ring is the largest civilian surveillance network the US has ever seen | Lauren Bridges
One in 10 US police departments can now access videos from millions of privately owned home security cameras without a warrant
www.theguardian.com
Opinion | The dark side of America's doorbell camera obsession
Why plastering cheap, internet-connected surveillance cameras on everything we own isn't fun or funny — and makes everyone less safe.
www.nbcnews.com
Amazon Ring is reinventing the surveillance state - Proton VPN Blog
Amazon Ring has entered into secretive agreements with police departments across the US to let them access video feeds without a warrant.
protonvpn.com
Amazon's helping police build a surveillance network with Ring doorbells
Its popular Ring smart doorbells mean more cameras on more doorsteps, where surveillance footage used to be rare.
www.cnet.com
It was telling for me how bad this shit is when I hooked up a ring doorbell, and the default notification settings had me getting stuff from all across the city and beyond. I can only imagine how paranoid people are between that and nextdoor.
Kansas City man charged in Ralph Yarl shooting surrenders, booked into Clay County jail
Asshole looks excatly how you would expect.
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CNN is capitalizing "white" in their article about Lester turning himself in.
That's uh... telling.
That's uh... telling.
Yeah, I think this is happening way more than Fox News would care to admit. There should be some kind of accountability for this kind of fear-mongering.
Sounds like im probably better off not knowing how insane everyone else is.
I don't use nextdoor myself but lordy I've heard some stories from family who did try it out. The Family Guy skit kinda left out the part about finding out how many of your seemingly okay neighbors are massive racists the moment any black person drives by. Easy guns and multiple bubbles of hate are a recipe for more tragedies.
Aaaaand out on bond in less than an hour.
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www.kctv5.com
Andrew Lester bonds out after surrendering himself at Clay County jail
Prosecutors filed criminal charges against him Monday afternoon, accusing him of first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of Ralph Yarl.
www.kctv5.com
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Conservative media has found its angle!
View: https://twitter.com/JoshuaPHilll/status/1648759719660511253?s=20
View: https://twitter.com/JoshuaPHilll/status/1648759719660511253?s=20
"Objection, your honor. Question is not relevant, as my client was not attempting to sell anything at the time of the incident."
"Sustained."
This is so fucked up but I can't help but laugh. As if the sign empowers the property owner to murder solicitors.
Yeah, one of my favorites was someone pointing out a "suspicious" van that would pick up kids from a school bus stop every day, and it was suspicious because it was a white van without any markings. Turns out it was a home for special needs kids that would pick up kids from the bus stop, and it didn't have any markings because they didn't want to embarrass the kids getting into the van. Our society has completely destroyed the idea of a community and we are just taught to be fearful of everyone else.