The kid rang the wrong door bell….
He got shot TWICE for his mistake….
There ARE a LOT violent scared people in America……
And some have guns….
“There was a racial component to this case,” prosecutor Zachary Thompson said, though he did not offer specifics.
Lester is not in custody. He told police that “it was the last thing he wanted to do, but he was ‘scared to death’” because of the teenager’s size and his own age and inability to defend himself, according to the criminal complaint.
“He believed he was protecting himself from a physical confrontation and could not take the chance of the male coming in,” the complaint said of Lester. He was “visibly upset and repeatedly expressed concern for the victim.”
Yarl, who is recovering from his injuries at home, rang Lester’s doorbell, mistaking it for the home where his younger siblings were visiting a friend, according to attorneys for his family. The teenager’s parents had asked him to pick up his siblings at a residence on 115th Terrace, but he instead went to a residence on 115th Street, a block away….
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President Joe Biden on Monday called Ralph Yarl, a Black 16-year-old who was shot in Kansas City, Mo., after ringing the wrong doorbell, the White House confirmed Monday night.
Yarl was shot twice Thursday night after he approached the wrong house while picking up his siblings, an incident that Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson described Monday as having “a racial component.”….