Black Kansas City teen Ralph Yarl sues white man who shot him for ringing the doorbell

Could you imagine if the thing that kills HOAs ended up being liability for the actions of their members?

Go Ralph go!

Good. Adults need to be responsible and held accountable for their actions.

Because intruders always ring your doorbell before breaking in.

I hope this 84 year old piece of shit doesn't die before this case concludes. Hard to believe it's already been more than a year since this happened.

I wouldn't be shocked if somehow the kid lands in jail

Suing the HOA is an interesting one; I wonder if the rest of the residents in that HOA could sue as well, I mean, having a known psychopathic firearms enthusiast in the neighborhood must decimate the property values.

Anyways this is part of why I support a legal duty to retreat. If you can shoot anyone on your property some people will do shit like this

Funny fact, "Stand your ground" is also the Law in Germany. And in 150 years of German Law there were exactly seven cases where "Stand your ground" was used to defend an violent act.

Get em

Make that bitch homeless. The only reason you should ever be homeless for, being a racist POS. Merica's 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

Go for it, milk that old shmegeggie 'till the teats fall off.

This makes total sense, with the typical MO of a ne'er-do-well ringing the doorbell before trying to get into a building nefariously.

The law being challenged for those interested (commonly known as "stand your ground" law)

21-5222. Same; defense of a person; no duty to retreat. (a) A person is justified in the use of force against another when and to the extent it appears to such person and such person reasonably believes that such use of force is necessary to defend such person or a third person against such other's imminent use of unlawful force. (b) A person is justified in the use of deadly force under circumstances described in subsection (a) if such person reasonably believes that such use of deadly force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to such person or a third person. (c) Nothing in this section shall require a person to retreat if such person is using force to protect such person or a third person.

I personally think it is pretty obvious that there was not "reasonable" cause to shoot someone simply since they rang your doorbell, but now it is up to a jury.

I also doubt this would be in the headlines if it was white man shooting white man or black man shooting black man. This really just seems like race baiting which isn't surprising in an election year I guess, moreso it's disappointing.

To me the key point was did the kid open the door? I've seen conflicting reports about it.

Also, I hate HOAs as much as anyone, but I have no idea how they are involved in this one.