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submitted 10 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world

Teenager Ralph Yarl was shot without warning through a door after going to the wrong house to collect his brothers.

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[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 80 points 10 months ago

The more stories like this I see, the less I sympathise with gun owners. If you all are so cowardly that youll kill anyone that stepped on your property or looked at you "the wrong way" or was black or a child in school, I want your hobby taken away.

You should have reigned in your crazies if you wanted to not be seen as a threat to society.

[-] ashok36@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago

In my town, Tampa, a retired police chief shot and killed a dude at the movie theater because they got in an argument and he threw popcorn on the cop.

The trial was extended over two years and the cop got off scott free.

[-] LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

That must have been tactical assault popcorn, the cop was lucky to get out alive. What a poor little soul...

[-] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 16 points 10 months ago

There's a very profitable industry that lives out of scarying this people. The same happened with that lady that killed a Uber driver because she thought she was gonna get kidnapped.

There's a Behind the bastards episode dedicated to this subject worth checking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK2ADmAjiF0

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 10 months ago

“He said he hoped he didn’t kill anybody,” Gale testified.

Prosecutors don't want you to know this one wild phrase.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

Mfw face when I get my neighbor's mail by mistake and as I'm dropping it off to him I hear "IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US!"

[-] BubblyMango@lemmy.wtf 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What im wandering is this: is this one of those houses where you have to enter the yard in order to ring the bell/knock on the door? If so, this is an actual death trap - you dont know if this is the right house, and in order to verify you have to step into the property where you may be legally shot.

How do you protect yourself when you have to visit a house but are not sure which is the correct one?

[-] Stuka@lemmy.ml 24 points 10 months ago

You can't legally shoot someone for entering your yard...thats why he's on trial.

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[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago

As a young black man what actually has to happen in order for it to be illegal for someone to shoot you?

[-] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Vitiligo?

In all seriousness, MLK Jr. style of mass protesting and boycotts. It will be tough to sell such an inconvenience, so getting that ball rolling seems very difficult.

[-] sumofchemicals@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I don't consume conservative media, but I'm wondering is there some current of thought that's leading to all these shootings after someone goes to the wrong door? Seems like there's been a lot recently, and makes no sense to me.

[-] baruchin@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago

And then there's this. So that makes me think that the shooter will win this case.

[-] Otkaz@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

That's a very different case. Read the actual article. That guy broke a window and was reaching in to try and unlock the door at 3am. The whole thing was caught on a surveillance camera. I think they made the right choice not charging the home owner if those reported facts are accurate.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Is anyone else seeing a broken link to the piracy community when they click this?

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