Outrage as Ralph Yarl's alleged shooter released on bond, calls for hate crime charges grow.

Andrew Lester, a white homeowner in Kansas City, Missouri, who shot a black teenager, Ralph Yarl, after he mistakenly went to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers, has been charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Some civil rights leaders have urged a hate crime charge, but the prosecutor said first-degree assault is a higher-level crime with a longer possible sentence of up to a life term. Yarl is recovering from his wounds, and supporters, civil rights leaders, and politicians have rallied in downtown Kansas City to call for justice for the 16-year-old and a stronger effort to improve racial relations in Missouri and the U.S.
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