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Im saying to them, Sir, why did you shoot me? And his words to me, he said, I dont 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. Im 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=
JustAnotherGen
(31,823 posts)We finally have a survivor who is speaking and telling us what happened.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8034336
still_one
(92,190 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)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)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!
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Bill USA
(6,436 posts)Just unbelieveable. This guy should not be allowed in any job that allows him to carry a weapon..
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)Had he not been so calm in a crisis, the police might have killed the fellow with the toy truck.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)MSMITH33156
(879 posts)that this is not time to talk about guns, but time to discuss the issues in this country with mental health workers.