Charges filed in shooting of Kansas City teen who rang wrong doorbell

[Zincwarrior]

But, but..... I am old and I feared for my life and had to protect myself

Thats why you have a pack of angry wiener dogs. Unleash the horde!

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

If democrats get their way, nothing is a shootable offense. They expect you to stand there and get robbed, raped, stabbed, or shot and not be able to defend yourself.

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Us.

Their fondest hope.

Sorry. That's a no-go.

They are the ones who want NO LAW. When they get it, they will find out what NO LAW means, and we have been ready to face this eventuality for a long time.

It's going to be interesting.

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[August West]

The Missouri man who shot a teenager who rang the wrong doorbell while trying to pick up his younger brothers was charged Monday with two felony counts, officials said.

A white man in his 80s, Andrew Lester, has been charged with two crimes in the April 13 shooting of Ralph Yarl, 16, who is Black: assault in the first degree and armed criminal action, Clay County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson said Monday.

He is 84, according to police documents. Earlier, authorities had given Lester’s age as 85.

An arrest warrant was issued for Lester, who is not in custody, Thompson said, adding that he didn't know where Lester was.

Lester's bond was set at $200,000, Thompson said.

Charges filed against 84-year-old in shooting of Kansas City teen who rang wrong doorbell

The Missouri man who shot a teenager who rang the wrong doorbell while trying to pick up his younger brothers was charged Monday with two felony counts, officials said.

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You can thank the Democrats for this! This is exactly what they want....all of us at each other, trying to kill each other, so it will be easier for them to take over. They've created this hate and animosity through their vile propagandas, and backing those who go out and destroy, such as BLM and QAnon.

As long as there are Democrats, RINOS, and other anti-American politicians........American citizens will be under deadly attack from them.

Every asshole that wants a gun can have one and that`s the fault of Democrats?

 

[Curried Goats]

If democrats get their way, nothing is a shootable offense. They expect you to stand there and get robbed, raped, stabbed, or shot and not be able to defend yourself.

That's just your shitty logic at work. Guns are used a lot more to perpetuate crime then they are to fight it off. It's not self defense we have an issue with, it's the availability of firearms and their capacity to massacre the innocent.

 

[multivita-man]

I wonder if Lester had just watched this video about an old couple in their 90s opening the door to a man who beat both of them with a blunt object, killing the husband. The couple was obviously retired and trying to live out their lives in peace. That peace was brutally disrupted for no other reason than they were white. I'm sure this type of story would put any old person on edge:

So because some other black kids did something wrong somewhere else, Lester's justified in shooting a black teenager through a door? Maybe if he's that fucken scared, he should have just stayed inside, called the police, and let them shoot the black kid for no apparent reason, which is how it usually works. It would still be an unjustified homicide but Lester would be a free man and the police would probably be acquitted.

 

[DukeU]

That's just your shitty logic at work. Guns are used a lot more to perpetuate crime then they are to fight it off. It's not self defense we have an issue with, it's the availability of firearms and their capacity to massacre the innocent.

Guns save lives, period.

If they didn't, the police wouldn't need them.

 

[rightwinger]

So because some other black kids did something wrong somewhere else, Lester's justified in shooting a black teenager through a door? Maybe if he's that fucken scared, he should have just stayed inside, called the police, and let them shoot the black kid for no apparent reason, which is how it usually works. It would still be an unjustified homicide but Lester would be a free man and the police would probably be acquitted.

Did Lester call the Police after he shot the kid or did he just leave him to die

 

[multivita-man]

Did Lester call the Police after he shot the kid or did he just leave him to die

I wanna say that the kid somehow survived and staggered down the street to seek help and fortunately, someone did - I might be getting this confused with all the other senseless shootings though. Hard to keep up with.

 

[Curried Goats]

Guns save lives, period.

If they didn't, the police wouldn't need them.

Guns also take lives, innocent ones. This is a society so the conversation isn't over just because you say it is. Younger Americans have no love for guns and it will take them becoming a larger share of the electorate before we see any movement on real gun laws but when we do and we see the reduction in gun deaths as we do in every other developed nation we'll know who to point to as being the ignorant red necks who refused to accept facts.

 

[multivita-man]

But, but..... I am old and I feared for my life and had to protect myself

Could have called the police. Could have stayed indoors without firing a shot. Instead decided that this guy was a threat and shot him.

 

[DukeU]

 

[rightwinger]

Guns save lives, period.

If they didn't, the police wouldn't need them.

40,000 gun deaths a year say otherwise

 

[multivita-man]

If democrats get their way, nothing is a shootable offense. They expect you to stand there and get robbed, raped, stabbed, or shot and not be able to defend yourself.

The cases in question involve no robbing, raping, or stabbing, just mistakenly going to the wrong address. One black kid badly wounded, and one white girl shot dead. All because idiots with guns used guns as their first line of defense when they should have taken time to assess the perceived threat and made it their last line of defense.

Not in any way a defense, but I almost wonder if the 85-year-old guy has some form of dementia. I suspect that is what his defense team could try to determine and argue. There's probably a 50/50 chance that he indeed does have it. It's just a question then of whether this could be used as a defense in the state of Missouri.

 

[DukeU]

Guns also take lives, innocent ones. This is a society so the conversation isn't over just because you say it is. Younger Americans have no love for guns and it will take them becoming a larger share of the electorate before we see any movement on real gun laws but when we do and we see the reduction in gun deaths as we do in every other developed nation we'll know who to point to as being the ignorant red necks who refused to accept facts.

The fact is guns save lives, period.

We could reduce gun deaths by reducing the number of democrats, enforcing our current laws, and stop releasing violent criminals from jail early.

California bill would give convicted murderers a chance to walk …​

10 convicted first-degree murderers John Fetterman helped …​

 

[DukeU]

40,000 gun deaths a year say otherwise

That's a drop in the bucket compared to how many lives they save.

Besides that, half of those are suicides.

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

Stand your ground laws require you to be threatened or the perception of being threatened.

This guy's going to jail.

Well, the kid was pretty tall...and imposing looking....very dark skin too...which can be frightening for some people.....


He will get off -- as long as the right-wing can come to together and demonize this kid enough....it doesn't help that the kid lived tho...

 

[rightwinger]

That's a drop in the bucket compared to how many lives they save.

Besides that, half of those are suicides.

only in gun nut fantasies

Like that guy shooting a black kid at his doorway
I saved my life, that kid was trying to kill me

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

The fact is guns save lives, period.

We could reduce gun deaths by reducing the number of democrats, enforcing our current laws, and stop releasing violent criminals from jail early.

California bill would give convicted murderers a chance to walk …​

10 convicted first-degree murderers John Fetterman helped …​

The young man who was shot has no criminal history....are you saying that because folks like you are cowards to your core, that you have the right to shoot people your cowardice has made you fear?

 

[multivita-man]

The fact is guns save lives, period.

But while causing excess deaths in the process. You can cite the number of lives "saved" by guns, but that is a product of the sheer number of guns in the first place. Unless you're living in a failed state or a warzone, countries with lower rates of gun ownership see less violence.

There are 24,000 or so intentional homicides each year and guns are used in 80 percent of those killings, so it's pretty easy to see what would happen if we reduced the number of guns by even a third of what they are now.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Stand your ground laws require you to be threatened or the perception of being threatened.

This guy's going to jail.

As he should