Ralph Yarl, Kaylin Gillis, Peyton Washington, Kinsley White, Gun Violence and Right Wing Resistance!

Recent shootings have depressingly reminded the nation that accidentally ringing the wrong doorbell, driving to an incorrect residence, mistakenly getting into the incorrect vehicle can result in dangerous, if not outright, deadly consequences for the unfortunate individual(s) involved. A spate of shootings has shocked and surprised the nation. The incident involving 16 year old honors student Ralph Yarl who mistakenly arrived at the wrong home while looking for his younger siblings and shot and severely wounded by 84 year old Andrew Lester shocked Kansas City, Missouri citizens across racial groups and set many of its citizens on edge.

Two days later, a similar tragedy occurred in Hebron, N.Y., when 65-year-old Kevin Monahan shot and killed a 20 year old White woman, Kaylin Gillis when she and her friends mistakenly drove up the driveway of Monahan’s house. This was followed by the Elgin, Texas shooting. Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr. shot two high school cheerleaders , after one of them mistakenly got into Rodriguez’s car in a parking lot. One of the teens, Peyton Washington, is currently recuperating from life threatening injuries.