Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager in Kansas City, mistakenly went to 84-year-old Andrew Lester’s door looking for his younger brothers, authorities said.
pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a case that has shocked the country and renewed national debates about gun policies and race in America.
FILE - The home of Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old white homeowner accused of shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl, is shown April 18, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri. Some civil rights leaders and Yarl's family attorney, Lee Merritt, have urged the Department of Justice to investigate the shooting and for prosecutors to charge Lester with a hate crime, with Merritt noting that Yarl "was armed only with his Black skin.
"He always brought a lot of positivity and smiles to our band class as well as our rehearsals outside of school," Brannlund said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I hope people are able to hear about who Ralph is as a person and understand that he is loving, kind and sweet." Lester told police he lives alone and was "scared to death" when he saw Yarl on the porch because he thought someone was trying to break in, police said in court documents.
But Merritt said the law applies only if "someone’s on your property and they’re looking to do you harm .... We don’t have any evidence of that. The Castle Doctrine does not apply to this case."
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