UNCOVERED: 2 | History Defined

How the shooting of Ralph Yarl demonstrates the fiction of a colorblind society in America

Given the gunshot wounds to his head and arm, the fact that Ralph Yarl was able to celebrate his 17th birthday on May 7, 2023, is a modern-day miracle.

The Conversation · Jul 12, 2023

Ralph Yarl reveals white homeowner told him ‘not to come here ever again’ before shooting him twice

Ralph Yarl, then 16, mistakenly drove into the driveway of 84-year-old Andrew Lester’s home in Kansas City, Missouri

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023

Kansas City teenager Ralph Yarl recounts being shot after he rang the wrong doorbell

Ralph Yarl tells ABC's “Good Morning America” that he never thought he would be shot even after the white man at the door he had mistakenly gone to in Kansas City pointed a gun at him

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023

Attorney wants court records sealed in Ralph Yarl shooting

The attorney for a Missouri man accused of shooting a Black teenager who mistakenly came to his door is asking a judge to prevent any new information in the case from being made public

The Independent UK · May 3, 2023

T. Markus Funk on Self-Defense Law

T. Markus Funk, a former prosecutor, has written extensively on self-defense law (and I was pleased to have had a chance to author one such piece with him); see, e.g., this post and this one, and also Rethinking Self-Defence: The 'Ancient Right's' Rationale Disentangled (2021), Understanding the Role Values Play…

Reason · Apr 25, 2023

Who is afraid of Ralph Yarl?

There will be many more Ralph Yarls because that is exactly how (White) America wants it

Salon · Apr 25, 2023

The front door, threshold of welcome — and perilous border

The front door in America is one of the landscape's most intimate and personal of borders

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2023

Why are strangers shooting people who are in the wrong place at the wrong time? Gun experts weigh in

Whether it’s due to anger or fear, gun experts worry America is becoming a “shoot-first” country.

Tribune News Service · Apr 22, 2023

Melinda Henneberger: Fox News alert: Andrew Lester didn’t act alone, even if only he shot Ralph Yarl

We know now that Andrew D. Lester, the 84-year-old Northlander who shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, did not act alone.

Tribune News Service · Apr 22, 2023

Why wasn’t man accused of shooting black teen charged with a hate crime? Experts point to gap in Missouri law

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In explaining his decision not to file a hate crime charge against the 84-year-old man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl, Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson said Monday he did not want to risk double jeopardy.

Tribune News Service · Apr 21, 2023