Why You Can Get Shot in America for…Knocking on the Wrong Door
<p>First, the 16 year old boy who was <a href="https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/4/17/23686644/ralph-yarl-kansas-city-shooting" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">shot</a> for…knocking on the wrong door. He was shot by an elderly man twice, including once in the head. Then, the young woman. Shot for…driving into the wrong driveway with her friends. A man took out a gun and opened fire, <a href="https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/47680/20230418/man-charged-with-murder-in-fatal-shooting-of-saratoga-county-woman" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">killing</a> her. Then, finally, perhaps the most disturbing one of all. Cheerleaders. Who opened the door to a car that they thought was theirs. Realizing their mistake, they went to their car. The owner of the first car followed them. They rolled down their window to apologize — and…</p>
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<p>The man <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/19/texas-cheerleaders-shot-parking-lot-wrong-car" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">came up to them</a>. Roth rolled the window down to apologize and explain her mistake. The man pulled a gun and fired into the car, striking both girls, Roth told KTRK. Roth had a graze wound that was treated on scene. Washington was shot in the back and a leg.</p>
<p>“Payton opens the door and she starts throwing up blood,” Roth told KTRK.</p>
<p>First responders flew Washington to hospital. Her spleen was removed and she is scheduled for more surgeries to repair damage to multiple organs, a coach said on Instagram late on Tuesday.</p>
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<p>What on earth is going on here? Who in their right mind is…threatened…by…<em>cheerleaders</em>? Teenagers? Teenage girls? What possible explanation can someone have for following teenage girls for making the simple mistake of opening the wrong door…and shooting them point blank?</p>
<p>This is now happening so often that in the middle of preparing this piece, news broke that a <em>six year old girl </em>and her parents were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/20/north-carolina-shooting-girl-parents-basketball-yard" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">shot for…</a> her basketball rolling into a neighbour’s yard.</p>
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