Prayers for the baby.
#JusticeForRalphYarl
This story is infuriating!😠😠😠
He went to the wrong house…and for that, there was an attempted execution?!
I live in an Urban area. Never would I open my door to someone I don’t know.😠
And does anyone think that if the races were reversed , the home owner wouldn’t already be in jail?😒🤔
Update 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Ralph Yarl is home and recovering! How the bullet in his head did not cause more extensive damage is truly a miracle. To God be the glory! pic.twitter.com/y5mWpQNcY4
— Lee Merritt (@MerrittForTexas) April 19, 2023
https://twitter.com/Drea_got_rage/status/1647771425413931016?s=19
This is who that mfer shot for ringing his doorbell https://t.co/hHQhLajaxz
— Portia ♍️ McGonagal Same On 🐳 (@PortiaMcGonagal) April 16, 2023
KANSAS CITY: “Ralph Yarl (16, Black) shot twice by a white man after accidentally ringing the doorbell of the wrong home attempting to pick up his sibling… shot in the head through the glass door, then, bleeding out on the ground, shot him again…”https://t.co/zJJosLRo7w pic.twitter.com/uZKf3x0Fa8
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 16, 2023
“We are here because an injustice has happened.”
Hundreds of protestors walked to the house where 16-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot.
Yarl meant to go to a house on NE 115th Terrace to pick up a sibling, but went to 115th Street instead. The resident shot him in the head. @kmbc pic.twitter.com/WhRKgPokPu
— Peyton Headlee KMBC (@PeytonKMBC) April 16, 2023
NEW TONIGHT: The father of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl – speaks for the first time saying “Our message for the prosecutor we want charges – that's what we want"
Part of our report is below, you can watch the full story here: https://t.co/xnL5QBzRV5 pic.twitter.com/lNxlEO4Zat
— Malik Jackson (@malikjackson3) April 17, 2023
JUST IN: Prosecutor announces two felony charges against White homeowner accused of shooting and seriously wounding Black Kansas City teenager, Ralph Yarl.https://t.co/yxwnU8gagt
— CNN (@CNN) April 17, 2023
Here’s the prosecutor explaining why there’s no attempted murder charge in the Ralph Yarl shooting: pic.twitter.com/EVPV2P2PFj
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 17, 2023
BREAKING: County prosecutor will seek 2 felony counts in the shooting of Ralph Yarl.
-1st degree assault (up to life in prison)
– armed criminal action (3-15years)Bond set at $200,000. pic.twitter.com/ywqR5rzfgz
— Abby Dodge (@Abby_OnAir) April 17, 2023
This is so heartbreaking and infuriating at the same time. We need to watch this closely to make sure this young man gets justice!! ⚖️💔 https://t.co/Rpob4uMDrF
— Misty D Sunshine 🇺🇸☀️🇺🇦🌻💙🏳️🌈✊🏿 (@CocoChewy1) April 16, 2023
All they need is an excuse and a gun. So sad. 💔 https://t.co/QxgOIMOr4A
— Kenny BooYah! 🖖🏾 (@KwikWarren) April 16, 2023
"This is war being waged broad day…You think we about to let you tear our brother from his mother covered in blood?" Kansas City Poet 'Unique' says in an impassioned poem amidst the protest pic.twitter.com/r6W9X34Kkw
— The Kansas City Defender (@KCDefender) April 17, 2023
"This is war being waged broad day…You think we about to let you tear our brother from his mother covered in blood?" Kansas City Poet 'Unique' says in an impassioned poem amidst the protest pic.twitter.com/r6W9X34Kkw
— The Kansas City Defender (@KCDefender) April 17, 2023
What happened to this young man is the reason every black mother fears for their child! What the fuck are at doing if we can’t protect out kids from these racist mfs!! pic.twitter.com/Db8TVr5z8s
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) April 16, 2023
White people that shoot through a door claim to be threatened by a Black child ringing the doorbell are hiding behind indefensibly racist presumptions of harm because they don't have the cojones to admit why they attempted to kill a Black boy in cold blood. #RalphYarl
— Skeptical Brotha 💛🐝🌈 (@skepticalbrotha) April 17, 2023
It's attempted murder. It's not complicated. Chief Graves's feigned helplessness is bullshit. Hearing from this child is irrelevant. They know exactly what happened. Even if this child survives it won't be without lifelong disability. This was no stand-your-ground situation.
— Skeptical Brotha 💛🐝🌈 (@skepticalbrotha) April 17, 2023
White supremacy gives whitefolks the luxury to manufacture imaginary harm to justify racist aggression and violence against a person of color in a white space.
— Skeptical Brotha 💛🐝🌈 (@skepticalbrotha) April 17, 2023
When will enough be enough? Prayers up for Ralph Yarl, his recovery and for justice to be served 🙏🏽 #RalphYarl pic.twitter.com/Qf7TOJ6TAy
— Tyler Gordon (@tygordonsworld) April 17, 2023
WATCH: Ralph Yarl’s high school classmates walk out in support of him, demanding justice on his behalf. pic.twitter.com/VXzvpmXQ9i
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) April 18, 2023
😠😠😠😠😠😠
She is so full of s**t!! There’s no mfking way a Black person would shoot a yt child and they’d be released and sent home “pending further investigation” and we all f**king know that!! #RalphYarl https://t.co/b5Uht9fXEx
— TemarSawy44 (@SawyerWilliemae) April 17, 2023
Here’s what Ralph Yarl’s aunt wrote on the GoFundMe account she set up for him.
***Update on Ralph***
Ralph is currently at home with the family. He can ambulate and communicate. A true miracle considering what he survived.
Each day is different. He has a long road ahead. However, we are very thankful that he is still here with us. I’ve been taking the time to read the emails and comments to Ralph. It warms our hearts to see him smile at all the kind words.
Thank you so much for loving Ralph
—————-
On Thursday, April 13, 2023, my nephew Ralph P Yarl was on his way to pick up his twin younger brothers from their friend’s house a few blocks away from his house. He didn’t have his phone. He mistakenly went to the wrong house, one block away from the house where his siblings were. He pulled into the driveway and rang the doorbell. The man in the home opened the door, looked my nephew in the eye, and shot him in the head. My nephew fell to the ground, and the man shot him again. Ralph was then able to get up and run to the neighbor’s house, looking for help.
Unfortunately, he had to run to 3 different homes before someone finally agreed to help him after he was told to lie on the ground with his hands up.
Ralph Pual Yarl is a fantastic kid, and I am not just saying this because he is my nephew. He truly is. At school, he is a member of the Technology Student Association and Science Olympia Team. Jazz and competition band. He is a section leader in the marching band; a scholar and one of the top bass clarinet players in Missouri. He recently earned Missouri All-State Band recognition with an honorable mention. He plays multiple instruments in the metropolitan youth orchestra. He is a 2022 Missouri scholar academy alumni. Ralph can often be found with a musical instrument. He loves them all.
Last summer, Ralph attended Missouri Scholar’s Academy, where he got a full college life experience. His goal is to attend Texas A&M to major in chemical Engineering. When asked how he plans to get into this university, he said, “Well, if they have a scholarship for music or academics, I know I can get it.”
Ralph’s teacher and friends describe him as “ a kind soul,” “quiet,” “friendly,” “well-mannered,” “always willing to help,” “super smart,” and a “musical genius.”
Ralph was looking forward to graduating high school and finally getting the opportunity to visit West Africa before starting college.
Life looks a lot different right now. Even though he is doing well physically, he has a long road ahead mentally and emotionally. The trauma that he has to endure and survive is unimaginable. He is our miracle. We have heard these types of stories many times, and unfortunately, most black boys are not alive to get another chance.
Ralph deserves to have the future that he has dreams about. He deserves to be the light that shows the world that LOVE wins and that humanity is still Good.
However, he will need a lot of help to get there. Funds from this account will be used for his medical bills and therapy.
Any additional funds will be use for college expenses at Texas A&M, a trip to West Africa, and other expenses.
They’ve raised almost 3 and a half million dollars.
It can’t make him whole again, it can’t make him the kid he was, but it gives him a chance and may restore some of his faith in humanity.
We are rapidly moving toward the logical conclusion of the gun culture in this country. Years and years of the NRA and gun manufacturers and paid off right wing legislators and right wing media preying on vulnerable, brainwashed, stupid, paranoid, racist people.
Right now it appears that “shoot first, ask questions later” rules the day.
And what is going on is uniquely American.
I can’t begin to predict where this is going.
Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) tweeted at 0:51 AM on Wed, Apr 19, 2023:
Payton Washington is in the ICU after she was shot for getting in the wrong car in Texas
Kaylin Gillis was shot to death for driving into the wrong driveway in New York
Ralph Yarl was shot in the head for ringing the doorbell at the wrong house in Missouri
It’s the guns https://t.co/ZpJZ0sr3wQ
(https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1648564920798019588?t=wW6hIGfmu3aUlTRbvuCjzA&s=03)
President Biden (@POTUS) tweeted at 1:20 PM on Tue, Apr 18, 2023:
Last night, I had a chance to call Ralph Yarl and his family.
No parent should have to worry that their kid will be shot after ringing the wrong doorbell. We’ve got to keep up the fight against gun violence.
And Ralph, we’ll see you in the Oval once you feel better. https://t.co/mPXiM1X6nK
(https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1648390965797744640?t=qi19_R-v3X4P49yQ8A5kiA&s=03)
😒😒😒😒
They can’t find a way to demonize this child, so they are attackibg the President instead.😒😒😲
nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) tweeted at 7:12 PM on Tue, Apr 18, 2023:
Tucker Carlson says the White House is exploiting the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl to “further divide the country on the basis of race.” https://t.co/f7qPCN9Pco
(https://twitter.com/NikkiMcR/status/1648479555060121600?s=02)
Skeptical Brotha 💛🐝🌈 (@skepticalbrotha) tweeted at 11:28 PM on Tue, Apr 18, 2023:
Biden invites Ralph Yarl, Black teen shot by white homeowner, to the White House https://t.co/RoBB6CFZCn
(https://twitter.com/skepticalbrotha/status/1648544103292960768?s=02)
Portia ♍️ 🐳McGonagal portiamcgonagal1619 on Insta (@PortiaMcGonagal) tweeted at 9:50 AM on Tue, Apr 18, 2023:
Where are all the “we need more details/we don’t have all the facts” yt people? Or do we only need more facts when the shooter is white and the victim is Black? #Rhetorical
https://t.co/mjpaudz8uu
(https://twitter.com/PortiaMcGonagal/status/1648338199557853185?t=ixUcBar0V1G_bPiIJvrVCg&s=03)
Bankrupt them😠😠😠
Susan Bordson (@susanbordson) tweeted at 8:24 PM on Mon, Apr 17, 2023:
The Gateway Pundit, a St. Louis-based far right site run by brothers Jim and James Hoft, faces a defamation lawsuit for falsely accusing election workers of fraud, instigating threats against them.
https://t.co/LArULoiBWs via @MO_Independent
(https://twitter.com/susanbordson/status/1648135312952918017?s=02)
Looking for the lie. See none.
chris evans (@notcapnamerica) tweeted at 10:14 PM on Mon, Apr 17, 2023:
Somebody called Moms for Liberty “Klanned Karenhood” and I immediately SCREAMED https://t.co/sUTPNZ4aEy
(https://twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1648163005165608967?s=02)
ALWAYS trying to help people
Candidly Tiff (@tify330) tweeted at 7:45 AM on Tue, Apr 18, 2023:
“Ms. Rice said the order would direct some agencies to lower co-pays for services. Other provisions will seek to make Medicare and Medicaid dollars go further. Still others will examine new ways to improve care for veterans and Native American tribes.”
https://t.co/NrCRApjVZQ
(https://twitter.com/tify330/status/1648306695871815682?t=5cJT3kbwVnmneLgjJp5inQ&s=03)
Kenny BooYah! 🖖🏾 (@KwikWarren) tweeted at 7:34 AM on Tue, Apr 18, 2023:
You can’t knock on a door. You can’t turn into a driveway. You can’t go to a Sweet 16 Party. You can’t do shit in gun happy America without the threat of getting shot.
(https://twitter.com/KwikWarren/status/1648304028097314822?t=Y3mf06tsTymwsxc4KT-dTQ&s=03)
BWA HA AH AH AHA HA HAH A HAH
Kevin P. Connolly (@KevinPConnolly_) tweeted at 4:06 PM on Mon, Apr 17, 2023:
Another #Disney surprise? The disputed development agreement targeted by #DeSantis, others based on a comprehensive plan reviewed and approved by the state last year, Disney says https://t.co/o8JXO1UZBe
(https://twitter.com/KevinPConnolly_/status/1648070495638638593?t=0Ycx49oa9f88TrlydEUThg&s=03)
chris evans (@notcapnamerica) tweeted at 7:23 PM on Mon, Apr 17, 2023:
Moms for Liberty have been linked to incidents of harassment and threats around the country:
“We’re coming at you like a freight train! We are going to make you beg for mercy. If you thought January 6 was bad, wait until you see what we have for you!”
https://t.co/ExsxIY7mgV
(https://twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1648119943227924486?t=yBmVHXKjdFOmViRFVNYLdQ&s=03)
Tera Hunter (@TeraWHunter) tweeted at 9:58 PM on Mon, Apr 17, 2023:
He is traumatized for life. The double whammy of being shot (not once but twice) and, despite being visibly wounded, denied help from adults, until he lost consciousness.
(https://twitter.com/TeraWHunter/status/1648159071978102784?t=BvRaKK_cPIVpZyl4m1FHNw&s=03)
JC Chasez’s Burner Account (@LightThe_Lamp) tweeted at 11:45 PM on Mon, Apr 17, 2023:
Also thinking about the “why don’t teens go outside” discourse tonight. The possibility of incidents like this is exactly why Black parents, in particular, hold their children close. Being a “free range kid” is a privilege.
(https://twitter.com/LightThe_Lamp/status/1648185903360139264?t=O8dqD401E6ccDUAvZLrpxg&s=03)
Does anyone watch Snowfall?
I just can’t.
When I said that I consider New Jack City to be a documentary, I mean that.
A woman did a TikTok a few days ago, in response so a young person asking
‘Why do we leave Gen X alone?’
Among the list of reasons, something she said just stabbed me and I couldn’t let it go.
” We watched normal people go from normal to full-blown addicts in mere weeks.”
The truth in that statement. The wasted lives and destroyed families in that statement. That’s a sadness about it that I still carry from youth. The people and families that didn’t make it through the Crack Era – that I personally know. The cost to our community, and how much we lost, especially as I get older and can see it from a macro level.
I just don’t find entertainment from it.
OutOfTheBox_InToTheWorld (@shermaine_nedd) tweeted at 6:05 AM on Tue, Apr 18, 2023:
The fact that this child survived being shot twice in the head (if I understand this correctly), ran from door to door to find help….AND SURVIVED…..seems biblical. At a minimum, it tells you where the right hand of God was that night.
(https://twitter.com/shermaine_nedd/status/1648281605784457217?t=F0B0KmEUMlZn2bwPnePzAw&s=03)
United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 744 (2013) (@Joseph_Joe_M) tweeted at 2:37 AM on Tue, Apr 18, 2023:
I dare say that the only reason charges were filed is the national outrage that charges weren’t immediately filed after the shooting. He shot the kid once in the head THROUGH a glass door, and again when he was down, for god’s sake. Now they don’t know where the old man is? C’mon
(https://twitter.com/Joseph_Joe_M/status/1648229208341250049?t=vk_OggieivDWuhBKCYL6Qg&s=03)
👑 Mr. Weeks 👑 (@WonderKing82) tweeted at 10:12 AM on Mon, Apr 17, 2023:
Progressives told us we were exaggerating about the Supreme Court in 2016 when Hillary Clinton was warning us desperately about the ramifications of electing Donald Trump……. they laughed in our face has they proceeded to do dumbfuck shit… now they’re lecturing Democrats…
(https://twitter.com/WonderKing82/status/1647981243126915074?s=02)
Sasha Sinclair🎨✍️🎬 (@SashaSinclair11) tweeted at 11:51 AM on Mon, Apr 17, 2023:
You make it sound like being single means being alone and unloved. I’m not giving up my lovely full life of family, friends, travel, good credit, safety, & peace of mind just to “settle” for some guy who thinks showing up with a peen and a paycheck = a relationship. HARD PASS!
(https://twitter.com/SashaSinclair11/status/1648006194269769728?s=02)
Miss Aja (@brat2381) tweeted at 0:15 AM on Tue, Apr 18, 2023:
Seriously y’all…watch this space (for now).
Anyone planning on beating 45** in the primaries is going to need LOTS OF CASH. Ron just got handed another L🤷🏾♀️
‘A very big problem’: Billionaire donor drops DeSantis because of book bans and abortion stance https://t.co/oQ57cjKczG
(https://twitter.com/brat2381/status/1648193608246505473?s=02)
Ben was unbanned lol lmao 👁💜 🚀 🦝 (@BeninBiloxi) tweeted at 4:19 PM on Mon, Apr 17, 2023:
Look I love Disney -things- but trust me I know they are a corporation rife with problems. But don’t fucking lie to me for a minute that it isn’t super fucking important they’re saying trans rights and have thrown their infinity gauntlet into the culture war full throatedly.
(https://twitter.com/BeninBiloxi/status/1648073669137104897?s=02)
Rugged Amethyst #TexasBorn #CaliBred (@groove_sdc) tweeted at 3:32 AM on Tue, Apr 18, 2023:
Man Charged With Murder in Shooting of Woman Who Went Up Wrong Driveway – The New York Times https://t.co/wdqhFDjBLj
(https://twitter.com/groove_sdc/status/1648243195065638914?s=02)
Skeptical Brotha 💛🐝🌈 (@skepticalbrotha) tweeted at 4:39 PM on Mon, Apr 17, 2023:
racist people always try to shift the blame because they don’t have the cojones to admit why they tried to murder a Black child.
(https://twitter.com/skepticalbrotha/status/1648078778365800449?s=02)
@JaneWaverly (@janewaverly) tweeted at 2:29 PM on Mon, Apr 17, 2023:
If he “felt threatened” he had the option to not open the freaking door. And/or call the police. And/or take a photo of the “threat.” The child didn’t stand outside his door and shout “I have a gun and I am about to kill you!” Racist gun owners have to be held accountable.
(https://twitter.com/janewaverly/status/1648046138065338370?s=02)
Portia ♍️ 🐳McGonagal portiamcgonagal1619 on Insta (@PortiaMcGonagal) tweeted at 2:08 PM on Mon, Apr 17, 2023:
He’ll argue that he felt threatened. I know DOJ needs reasonable cause to step in and I’m patient. It’ll end up there.
“If they find he had some rational reason to fire the gun, they may not charge him.”
https://t.co/d5yGrTt2Y5
(https://twitter.com/PortiaMcGonagal/status/1648040849895456768?s=02)
Ashley Williams (@ashwilliams46) tweeted at 9:47 PM on Mon, Apr 17, 2023:
This evening, the President spoke to Ralph Yarl and his mom. @POTUS expressed he was thinking of him and shared his hope for a swift recovery.
(https://twitter.com/ashwilliams46/status/1648156202109419521?s=02)
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊