How This Kansas City News Outlet For And By Young Black People Amplified The Ralph Yarl Case When Key Facts Were Ignored

“As disgusting as this particular incident was, the truth is that in Kansas City, it is not an anomaly,” Sorrell said. “I think the naked and brazen violence of this shooting, and the fact Ralph was such a model student and that there is absolutely [nothing] negative anybody, even the most racist person, can say […]

Ralph Yarl Case: White Missouri Man, Andrew Lester, Charged With 2 Felonies In Shooting Of Black Teen

Lester allegedly shot Ralph on Thursday evening when the teen tried to pick up his siblings from a friend’s house, but went to the wrong house. Dr. Faith Spoonmore, Ralph’s aunt, wrote about the shooting on a GoFundMe page. “He pulled into the driveway and rang the doorbell. The man in the home opened the […]