A 20-year-old woman was shot and killed Saturday after she and three others accidentally turned into the wrong driveway while looking for a friend's house in rural upstate New York, authorities said.

A 20-year-old woman was shot and killed Saturday after she and three others accidentally turned into the wrong driveway while looking for a friend’s house in rural upstate New York, authorities said

:agony: :agony:

The shooting happened just days after a Black teenager in Kansas City was shot twice by a White homeowner after going to the wrong address to pick up his siblings. No words were exchanged before Andrew Lester opened fire on 16-year-old Ralph Yarl as the teen stood at Lester’s front door, according to a probable cause document obtained by CNN. Lester, who told police he thought the teen was trying to break in, faces two felony charges in the case, which has reignited the debate over so-called “stand your ground” laws.

Truly wack-ass, goddamn awful country where "shoot first, ask questions later" is taken as ethos

  • MoneyIsTheDeepState [comrade/them,he/him]
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    1 year ago

    silently waiting

    If you take folks at their word, then there are a lot who aren't silent. I've met plenty of Neoconfederate types who love to socially fantasize about getting an excuse (usually burglary, spiced up with the burglar being high to help them feel like they have a figleaf of ability to claim self-defense) to do violence. Some of them want to be Batman and just permanently injure a poor person before turning them over to :thumb-cop:

    Most though, want to be what they think the Punisher is, which is mostly indistinguishable from an IDF soldier