In two recent cases, two different people approached the wrong house and were both shot by the homeowner without exchanging a single word – one person lost their life from the encounter, another survived and is recovering from gunshot wounds to their head and arm. On April 13, Ralph Yarl, 16, was shot when he went to the wrong address in Kansas City, Missouri, to pick up his siblings.
” New York state law similarly allows for an individual to use deadly force in self-defense if they reasonably believe another person “is using or about to use deadly physical force.” Although New York requires a so-called “duty to retreat” – that is, avoiding the need to use deadly force by retreating from the situation in cases where it is safe to do so – such a requirement to remove oneself from the situation is not required in one’s home, Campbell said.
How American
One's family gets a call from the president. The other doesn't. One gets $3 million from a gofundme. The other doesn't. I wonder what the difference between the two is.
And yet only one of them is all over the news... wonder why
Crime is out proporcion and people is scared. Not rocket science.
Wait I thought this was America? I can’t just shoot people because I don’t want to communicate with them?
If you believe the excuse 'going to the wrong house' and not 'home invasion'.
Mass insanity continues to reign in the U.S.A. courtesy of the NRA and the GOP! Actually the NRA and the GOP are one and the same.
Interesting. I have heard extensively about one. The other one happened in NY. Wonder why the difference in coverage?
We are a nation of 330 million people. Now do inner city crime statistics.
Yet the one that died isn’t getting the media attention whilst the one that lived is
NHTSA projects that an estimated 42,915 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes last year, a 10.5% increase from the 38,824 fatalities in 2020.
Thanks to the Radical Right and their radical interpretation of the 2nd Amendment, whose sole purpose was to provide for the COMMON DEFENSE and NOT to permit murder at will by heavily armed individuals, we now are living in a country that is wholly unsafe.
It’s such a great idea to have guns freely available in society….
Who cares? Stay off of private property
This is what CNN's fear mongering has produced
That’s what happens when your country still follows a 2 amendment right from 200 years ago. Such a joke.
How many people were killed in Chicago, Baltimore, etc. due to Black on Black crime? Why don’t you report on that as well? Don’t cross the streams!!
One person died RIP, but she was white so we have heard way more about the other person's case. Media Politics Race Gender Ideology Propaganda Division Hate Agenda
And yet only one of these people was invited to the white house the other is dead with little to no mention from the WH !!
Because you have loser “tough guys” looking for an excuse to pull the trigger.
The entire country is now a war zone! Are we better than Afghanistan? You be the judge! Thanks to the GOP & trump!
And the one who survived is the one that is getting the most coverage, why?
laineyberly Too often the “good guys with guns” are pants-wetting scaredy cat chickens, like the Uvalde, TX cops who couldn’t face those automatic weapons they prance around with, pretending to be tough guys. They literally let the children be slaughtered.
Hold my beer
again, you need more guns
IDK about y'all but I'm not ringing any doorbells or driving in anyone's driveway.
The guns intended to snug people but defied law stats. Such a mayhem. Puh🤮
So many ppl in the mentions rowing about shooting coverage/airtime rather than the fact that x2 men shot ppl for no reason. I don’t have the words to describe how batshit crazy that is. Talk about miss the point.
The U.S. homes aren’t safe place to visit in case you miss the street the problem is the gun culture where mental health is a bigger problem house look alike because of the standardised modular design applicable by the HOA in many areas! Outlaw gun ownership today too many dead!
People are scared and armed. Sucks but true.
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Soft on crime Democrats.
We have turned into a such a evil society some see evil in every moment
Keep tolerating, excusing, and ignoring crime, and people are going to react more aggressively to perceived threats. We told you so.
The shooter must be mad.
The Democrats want all the criminals on the streets it's Going to be happening a lot more
But old Joe is only slobbering over one of the incidents.
I think it speaks volumes about our country’s current situation and climate
land of the free
so this is how you help the government take away everyones guns, very slick, but its not gonna work
Republican confederates idea of a mega America ! The American people need to smarten up. This country is only as good as your votes make it. Here is your results of lack of caring your children pay for it.
Gillis was shot by a BLACK man and is dead.
Dozens of whites are murdrred by blacks every day so who cares?
You Americans are just so trigger happy. It’s concerning how obsessed u r with guns. Yes, u shld be able 2 protect urself but you think ur 2nd amendment gives you Carte Blanche 2shoot first &ask q’s later. If you’re anti-abortion,ur pro-life but only until gun rights r discussed
'INDEED I TREMBLE FOR MY COUNTRY WHEN I REFLECT THAT GOD IS JUST; THAT HIS JUSTICE CANNOT SLEEP FOREVER...' THOMAS JEFFERSON
But you only made one racial to inflame ppl as opposed to inform them
The GOP and gun lobby are the ultimate culprits, they have stoked so much fear that less than stable people are influenced by fear to shoot. DouthatNYT BillKristol BeschlossDC thomas_freidman
MAGA, nothing going on here.
You mention the race of both the victims and the shooters. Why isn't this done with all the crimes you report?
America is truly a crime ridden dump.
What do you expect when you have old white men isolated at home watching Fox News all day tell them how dangerous the outside world is.
The black kid entered the house though. A house that had no trespassing signs all over it. To an 85 year old man. Gonna tell that story as well? Or just shout BLM like the biased hacks you are?
The Left keeps fomenting the fear and anxiety.
Race-Baiting CNN. Just another day spreading,'LOVE.'
Weird. Only the one left alive has been featured on news stories. We only know one of their names. Only one was black….
What were the colors of the people involved in the other case that you don’t want to headline for days on end? 🤡s.
How about staying the hell off other people's property. How hard is that to understand?
One gathered national attention as a racist hate-crime, attracting every Civil Rights opportunist in the country and the other one...is quietly deceased.
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