Family of Black teen shot after ringing wrong doorbell retains civil rights lawyers
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This despicable act was clearly racially motivated, and it's right that so many activists are demanding justice over this attempted murder. Ringing a doorbell isn't a crime and the unnecessary force used against this unarmed minor is a testament to the threat faced every day by Black Americans. The fact that law enforcement originally released Lester without charge is an insult to Yarl's suffering and that of his family.
What many Americans may not know is that 20-year-old White woman Kaylin Gillis was shot and killed in New York under very similar circumstances and within 48 hours of the Ralph Yarl shooting. The only difference is that the entire country erupted over Yarl's injuries and Pres. Biden invited him to the White House while Gillis's death went largely ignored. There is a double standard in America, but not the one being portrayed by the media.