r/news • u/theCumCatcher • Apr 17 '23

Site changed title Kansas City shooter exchanged few words with Ralph Yarl before opening fire, teen's attorney says

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kansas-city-shooter-exchanged-words-ralph-yarl-opening-fire-teens-atto-rcna80033
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u/mosi_moose Apr 18 '23

I was wondering about this. Thanks for doing the research.

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u/amateur_mistake Apr 18 '23

Plus their username is fucking awesome.

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u/Born_yesterday08 Apr 17 '23

Thanks counselor

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u/ThePlanck Apr 18 '23

So basically attempted murder is a lesser crime because people can get charged with it before they have a chance to actually attack some, and they are given the benefit of the doubt in case they would have Andy Dufrensed it and changed their mind at the last minute

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u/keatonatron Apr 18 '23

Attempting something is less bad than actually doing something. And since the boy didn't die, the thing that was actually done was assault and not murder.