Northern Kansas City, where Ralph Yarl was shot, has a problem with race, some residents say

[Jilly_in_VA]

In the days after a white man shot a Black teenager who rang the wrong doorbell in Kansas City, Missouri, Manny Abarca wrote a letter.

Abarca, a Jackson County legislator, penned an open letter to Clay County Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte, urging the leader to call for gun reform and acknowledge concerns about a culture of racism in Kansas City’s Northland, the large area north of the Missouri River encompassing counties, cities and towns.

“I have known for a long time that once I crossed the river-North, I should expect a change in the way I am treated because of the color of my skin,” Abarca wrote. Nolte has not publicly responded, nor has he responded to a request for comment from NBC News.

The letter came just four days after Ralph Yarl, 16, was shot in Clay County’s Nashua neighborhood after mistaking one home for another nearby. Andrew Lester, 84, was charged Monday with felonious first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting. He pleaded not guilty on Wednesday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/northern-kansas-city-ralph-yarl-was-shot-problem-race-residents-say-rcna80807

Nothing to see here, just your ordinary RepubliKKKan racism. Move along.

[leftyladyfrommo]

1. North of the River KCMO has more of a problem with

snobs. That area where the 84 year old shooter lived is pretty exclusive. Mostly professionals.

I live North but further south closer to the river. and our area has lots of black families. But races around here don't mix much. That's getting worse.

We live in dangerous times.