A white Arkansas woman was arrested for pulling a gun on 4 black teens who knocked on her door for a school fundraising drive, police say
The wife of an Arkansas jail administrator was arrested allegedly pulling a gun on four African American student-athletes who had knocked on her door for an annual fundraising drive, authorities said Friday.
"I observed Mrs. Kelly holding a chrome plated revolver that was pointed at four black males that were lying face down in the driveway with the hands behind their backs," according to a report written by Wynne police officer Michael Hinton. When the officer explained that the four students, ages 15 and 16, were doing an annual fundraiser for their Wynne Yellowjackets football team, Kelly made gestures to her skin color and that of the boys, police said.
Later, Kelly stated"she wanted to 'put some closure on this' by buying the boys lunch," Hinton's report saidNeighbor Bill Winkler, who has lived in the neighborhood for four decades, said the annual fundraiser of football players selling cards good for discounts at various local businesses, is well known.
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