Justice sought for Black teen shot after doorbell mistake

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 18, 2023 12:27 am

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Hundreds of protesters demanded justice for a Black teenager shot in the midwestern American state of Missouri, local media reported on Sunday, as police promised to move quickly with the investigation.

Ralph Paul Yarl, 16, is in critical condition after he was shot twice and struck in the head by a white man in Kansas City last week, according to a statement on Sunday by high-profile lawyers Ben Crump and Lee Merritt, who have agreed to take the case.

COMFORT OF STRANGERS Mourners comfort one another while attending a vigil at the First Baptist Church of Dadeville in Dadeville, Alabama on Sunday, April 16, 2023, following a mass shooting at the town’s Mahogany Masterpiece dance studio the night before. GETTY IMAGES PHOTO VIA AFP

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