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Was justice served?
The video breakdown is of the George Stinney Jr. case, one of the most disturbing wrongful conviction cases in American history. He was the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century, and his story exposes its major failures.
An Asian store owner in Columbia SC named Rick Chow, falsely accused a 14 year old CHILD Cyrus Carmack-Belton (the sheriff keeps referring to the victim as a “young MAN”) of shoplifting. And the store owner and his son chased the Black boy down and shot him in the back, killing him.
This type of violent anti-Black targeting from the Asian community should be addressed with the same energy the #StopAsianHate movement was addressed
Update: 16-year-old Ralph Yarl has been released from the hospital and is recovering at home, his father confirms. 🙏
The latest: https://t.co/33MlPxuAnE
NEW: Clay County prosecutor announces he's filed two felony counts against Andrew Lester in the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl
Assault in the first degree
Armed criminal action
A warrant has been issued for Lester's arrest
A North Carolina nurse killed her three children on Tuesday before she turned gun on herself. Ethel Steele (40) was on a FaceTime call with a witness when she shot Sakendra (9), Sakenya (12), and their brother Sakenlo (14). They were known as a reclusive family that lived in a quiet neighborhood. This is devastating and shocking to the entire community in Winston-Salem.