Pax Ahimsa GethenApr 18, 2023

I see a lot of the stories about the Black teen who was shot for the crime of ringing a doorbell mention that he was an honor student and musician. That's great, but also irrelevant IMO. If he had been a high school dropout who watched TV all day, it still would not have been OK to shoot him. As a Black person myself, I've had enough of respectability politics.

Edit 4/19 to clarify: #RalphYarl is seriously injured, but not dead.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/18/ralph-yarl-mother-interview-kansas-city-shooting

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‘Buckets of tears’: mother of Black teen shot after going to wrong address speaks

Cleo Nagbe speaks out after white man charged with Missouri’s equivalent for attempted murder for shooting Ralph Yarl

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Show threadSchroedingerApr 19, 2023

@funcrunch Totally. He is not an honor student and musician. He is dead.

His past life is not relevant to the fact he is now dead, because some prick saw his skin colour and shot him.

Racist fuck. In a country that is looking more and more broken. And that is from the UK so no gloating here.

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@SteveClough

He is not dead, but he was seriously injured in the shooting.

Apr 19, 2023 at 4:00pmWeb
Show threadSchroedingerApr 19, 2023
@funcrunch My bad. I got confused with all the murders of black people.