Posted on Apr 20, 2023
A guide to protesting in Kansas City and what your rights are
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Following national uproar over the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, protesters are showing up in Kansas City's Northland, the federal courthouse and KCPD headquarters. Here's what you need to know when you're organizing or attending a protest in Kansas City.
The shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl Thursday night in Kansas City’s Northland, and an initial decision by police to allow the suspected gunman to go home after being questioned, have brought protesters to both new and familiar places around the city.
Beginning Sunday, hundreds of people have shown up on the 1100 block of Northeast 115th Street in Kansas City, which is where Yarl knocked on the wrong door as he was trying to pick up his younger brothers.
The shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl Thursday night in Kansas City’s Northland, and an initial decision by police to allow the suspected gunman to go home after being questioned, have brought protesters to both new and familiar places around the city.
Beginning Sunday, hundreds of people have shown up on the 1100 block of Northeast 115th Street in Kansas City, which is where Yarl knocked on the wrong door as he was trying to pick up his younger brothers.
A guide to protesting in Kansas City and what your rights are
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This takes me back to the shooting of a Black woman in Michigan looking for help after her car broke down and the old White man shot her through his screen door then claimed stand your ground. These laws encourage bad actors to kill then claim self defense. Saw it with Trayvon Martin. Saw it with the Black jogger in Georgia. Now the guy in TX that the governor wants to pardon. It's disgusting.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
MAJ James Woods - Martin didn't have the right to repeatedly pound Zimmerman's head into the pavement after he took Zimmerman down. Was Zimmerman wrong in following Martin? Absolutely. That doesn't then give Martin the right to kill Zimmerman.
As to pardons, they do not expunge the record, and there is a long line of case law stating that accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt, SCOTUS has stated a pardon carries "an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it," see Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79, 90-91 (1915).
As to pardons, they do not expunge the record, and there is a long line of case law stating that accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt, SCOTUS has stated a pardon carries "an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it," see Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79, 90-91 (1915).
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MAJ James Woods
Capt Gregory Prickett First of all, we only have Zimmerman's word that Martin was trying to kill him. Unfortunately, dead men can't give their side of the story. And a 16 yo Black boy will never be able to be heard. Zimmerman was clearly the aggressor and the truth died that night.
How often do we see pardons? When evidence that exonerates the convicted. How often do we see pardons for guilty individuals that show no remorse for their crimes? Sadly that's becoming more common.
How often do we see pardons? When evidence that exonerates the convicted. How often do we see pardons for guilty individuals that show no remorse for their crimes? Sadly that's becoming more common.
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MAJ James Woods
Capt Gregory Prickett Oh and perception matters in society. We know how the public views a pardon.
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MAJ James Woods - Zimmerman's story was corroborated by physical evidence.
Second, how the public views pardons doesn't concern me. I'm concerned with how the legal system views pardons, and I've cited the Supreme Court to demonstrate that view.
Second, how the public views pardons doesn't concern me. I'm concerned with how the legal system views pardons, and I've cited the Supreme Court to demonstrate that view.
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MAJ James Woods
As well as would the police had treated the shooter differently had he been another race or ethnicity.
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