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still_one

(92,190 posts)
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 04:48 PM Jul 2016

Unarmed Black Man Lying In The Street With Hands Up Gets Shot By Police In North Miami

“I’m saying to them, ‘Sir, why did you shoot me?’ And his words to me, he said, ‘I don’t know.’”

"New video out of North Miami shows an unarmed black man moments before and after he was shot by police while lying in the street with his hands up.

Behavioral therapist Charles Kinsey, 47, is recovering in an area hospital after being shot in the leg three times during the incident, which took place on Monday.

According to local Fox station WSVN, police were called to the scene by someone who said there was a man in the street with a gun threatening suicide. However, when officers arrived, Kinsey was trying to help a 23-year-old man with autism who had run out of a group home and into the street with a toy truck in his hands.

On the video, Kinsey could be heard explaining to police that the man was holding a toy truck and that neither of them was armed.

“All he has is a toy truck in his hand, a toy truck,” Kinsey explained from a supine position in the road. “I’m a behavior therapist at a group home.”

The unnamed patient yelled at Kinsey to shut up as he sat in the road playing with the truck. "

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/miami-police-shooting-hands-up_us_57903472e4b0bdddc4d32ad3?section=

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Unarmed Black Man Lying In The Street With Hands Up Gets Shot By Police In North Miami (Original Post) still_one Jul 2016 OP
Link to video on this thread JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #1
Thank goodness the injuries were not life threatening. still_one Jul 2016 #3
Just saw him on tv. It takes ENORMOUS patience to deal with MADem Jul 2016 #2
I don't know? What kind of horseshit is that? Did you have your firearm pointed at the guy? Rex Jul 2016 #4
What a story...???????????????? Stuart G Jul 2016 #5
this is incredible. this "policeman" will be fired, should be arraigned on assault w deadly weapon Bill USA Jul 2016 #6
This man's a hero. surrealAmerican Jul 2016 #7
Pure racism...hope they sue the PD out of existence.. HipChick Jul 2016 #8
Republican response will be MSMITH33156 Jul 2016 #9

MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. Just saw him on tv. It takes ENORMOUS patience to deal with
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 04:50 PM
Jul 2016

severely autistic people, and this guy plainly has the stuff.

He said "Why did you shoot me?" and the cop said "I don't know."

I think if he continues doing his behavior therapy work, it'll be out of love. This man is going to get a huge payday from the cops. What asses. They are lucky they didn't kill him.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
4. I don't know? What kind of horseshit is that? Did you have your firearm pointed at the guy?
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 05:00 PM
Jul 2016

Um...yeah. Did you pull the trigger? Yep. So what does that mean...gee I don't know? Cops like this are dangerous to the community. We do not need cops of all people being a menace to society. This one clearly is.

And he has no idea why!

Bill USA

(6,436 posts)
6. this is incredible. this "policeman" will be fired, should be arraigned on assault w deadly weapon
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 05:16 PM
Jul 2016

Just unbelieveable. This guy should not be allowed in any job that allows him to carry a weapon..

surrealAmerican

(11,360 posts)
7. This man's a hero.
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 05:36 PM
Jul 2016

Had he not been so calm in a crisis, the police might have killed the fellow with the toy truck.

MSMITH33156

(879 posts)
9. Republican response will be
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 06:32 PM
Jul 2016

that this is not time to talk about guns, but time to discuss the issues in this country with mental health workers.

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