Police shoot unarmed black therapist lying flat on his back with his arms in the air while he tried to calm his autistic patient and BEGGED cops not to open fire

Source: Daily Mail Online
Published: Jul 21, 2016
Author: Pedro Oliveira Jr.
Post Date: 2016-07-21 08:55:45 by cranky
Views: 7646

  • Charles Kinsey, 46, was shot in North Miami while he was on the ground with his hands up
  • Kinsey, a behavioral therapist, was attempting to calm down his 23-year-old autistic patient, who had run away from a group home
  • The therapist begs police to not shoot him — right before a North Miami officer fires three times, striking his leg
  • The object mistaken for a gun was a toy truck

An unarmed Florida therapist was shot by police while trying to calm down his autistic patient, authorities said.

Police in North Miami were responding to a report of a man with what appeared to be a gun when they came across Charles Kinsey and his patient, who had run away from a group home.

'All he has is a toy truck — a toy truck,' Kinsey pleads with cops, lying flat on the ground with arms raised, as seen in cell phone footage of the incident. 'I am a behavior therapist at a group home.'

Kinsey tries to get his patient to comply, using soothing words so he remains calm.

'Rinaldo, please be still, Rinaldo,' he is heard saying in video released by WSVN. 'Sit down, Rinaldo. Lay on your stomach.'

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Therapist Charles Kinsey, 46, (left) was shot in North Miami while he was on the ground with his hands up. Throughout the ordeal, he tries to soothe his autistic patient (right), who was playing with a toy truck

Therapist Charles Kinsey, 46, (left) was shot in North Miami while he was on the ground with his hands up. Throughout the ordeal, he tries to soothe his autistic patient (right), who was playing with a toy truck

Kinsey (right) recounts to a local TV station how cops shot him while on the ground and then cuffed him (left)

The man, 23, sits next to him and yells 'shut up' while playing with his toy truck.

'Don't shoot me,' Kinsey begs.

An officer then fires three times, striking Kinsey in the leg, authorities said.

No weapon was found.

Kinsey is black. Police haven't released the name or race of the officer who shot him.

Kinsey, 47, says the 911 caller must have mistaken a toy that the autistic man had for a gun.

'I'm like this right here, and when he shot me, it was so surprising,' Kinsey told WSVN.

'I thought it was a mosquito bite, and when it hit me I had my hands in the air, and I'm thinking I just got shot!

'And I'm saying, 'Sir, why did you shoot me?' and his words to me were, 'I don't know.''

Kinsey was taken to a local hospital with bullet wounds to his legs. He is expected to go home later this week

Kinsey was taken to a local hospital with bullet wounds to his legs. He is expected to go home later this week

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#1: U don't know me    To: cranky (#0)

'Sir, why did you shoot me?'

Because he can.

U don't know me posted on 2016-07-21 09:06:53   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Justified    To: cranky (#0)

I think this comes down to you can't use cops as a catchall tool of life but people still do. If he is a mental patient then he should have been treated as such with special people(such as the therapist) to get him back to the proper place.

Right now the cops are on edge and probably treating every situation as a setup.

BTW im from Texas and that pavement must have been scorching!

Justified posted on 2016-07-21 09:23:50   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Vicomte13    To: Justified (#2)

I think this comes down to you can't use cops as a catchall tool of life but people still do.

I think it comes down to cops cannot shoot unarmed, wholly innocent people who present no threat, and not be imprisoned for it just like everybody else.

There is no excuse here. The cop shot somebody without justification. He must be prosecuted and punished for it.

There is no excuse.

Vicomte13 posted on 2016-07-21 10:06:25   Reply   Private Reply

#4: goldilucky    To: Vicomte13 (#3)

Definitely, there is no excuse for the cop's behavior.

goldilucky posted on 2016-07-21 15:37:57   Reply   Private Reply

#5: rlk    To: Vicomte13 (#3)

Some cops need to be sentenced to 30 years in the big yard wearing their uniform for malfeasance in office.

rlk posted on 2016-07-21 16:10:15   Reply   Private Reply

#6: ConservingFreedom    To: rlk, goldilucky, Vicomte13, U don't know me (#5)

Hey, this officer just wanted to go home to his family at the end of the day. /s

ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-07-21 16:31:09   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Justified    To: Vicomte13 (#3)

In this specific case I think the guy will need to charge appropriately. This is not like Michael Brown where it was self defense but well I not sure what.

Some people have no business being a police officers. This happens when you need too many officers that you have take what you can get. Too many laws to enforce and police being ask to do too much. But this is what happens when people elect the progressives(R or D) in office.

Justified posted on 2016-07-21 16:41:08   Reply   Private Reply

#8: Justified    To: All (#7)

To me this is worse than when the office shot the guy in the back. When the perp fought with the officer and then ran away so the cop shot him in the back. Thats bad but somewhat understandable. The cop letting his anger get the better of him but there is one less criminal in the world.

Justified posted on 2016-07-21 16:51:20   Reply   Private Reply

#9: Vicomte13    To: Justified (#8)

In the other cases, there is usually a trigger, a judgment call, a non- compliance, a situation that could spiral out of control, and a cop making a snap judgment that is sometimes bad.

Some of those cases are hard ones.

Here, the only real excuse is that the cop who shot the guy didn't intend to shoot but was indiciplined and put his finger onto the trigger and accidentally shot him.

In which case he should be treated like any other accidental shooter.

It was a really bad mistake, and one of the good guys really got hurt here, and could have been killed - a friendly fire incident. Very terrible. But while the officer should not be put to death or anything, the truth is that there isn't any excuse.

His mistake will make it much harder for other cops now.

Vicomte13 posted on 2016-07-21 17:04:07   Reply   Private Reply

#10: Justified    To: Vicomte13 (#9)

Im thinking he should not had his gun out. You pull your gun out when you think there maybe life or death situations. You point the gun when you know there could be a life or death situations. You pull the trigger when you feel there is no other choice and harm is eminent.

Justified posted on 2016-07-21 17:17:24   Reply   Private Reply

#11: cranky    To: Justified (#2)

I think this comes down to you can't use cops as a catchall tool of life but people still do.

I think it comes down to a very bad piece of police work.

cranky posted on 2016-07-21 17:28:07   Reply   Private Reply

#12: GrandIsland    To: cranky (#0)

Ops.

GrandIsland posted on 2016-07-21 17:41:24   Reply   Private Reply

#13: misterwhite    To: U don't know me (#1)

'Sir, why did you shoot me?'

Because you're an idiot. Who helps their autistic patient sitting in the middle of a street by lying on their back with their arms in the air?

misterwhite posted on 2016-07-21 17:46:37   Reply   Private Reply

#14: Justified    To: cranky (#11)

I think this comes down to you can't use cops as a catchall tool of life but people still do.

I think it comes down to a very bad piece of police work.

That too.

Justified posted on 2016-07-21 17:57:59   Reply   Private Reply

#15: GrandIsland    To: misterwhite (#13)

Who helps their autistic patient sitting in the middle of a street by lying on their back with their arms in the air?

An unarmed black man who wanted to be plastered all over the libtarded news.

Even the retard was smart enough not to get shot.

GrandIsland posted on 2016-07-21 19:08:42   Reply   Private Reply

#16: Titorite2    To: misterwhite (#13)

So why are idiots like yourself condoning police misconduct again... i mean everything was explained in the story. The adult was a retard and his handler was trying to get the mentaly disabled man home when cops rolled up to play kill a nigger, their favorite game. What kind of a pussy wisp testicle.tumor would support such thugery? Can YOU tell me?

Titorite2 posted on 2016-07-21 19:48:46   Reply   Private Reply

#17: ConservingFreedom    To: Titorite2 (#16)

Whitey's panties get moist at the thought of cops brandishing their big hard pistols.

ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-07-21 21:51:23   Reply   Private Reply

#18: GrandIsland    To: Titorite2 (#16)

cops rolled up to play kill a nigger, their favorite game.

It's called natural selection. lol

GrandIsland posted on 2016-07-21 21:54:48   Reply   Private Reply

#19: ConservingFreedom    To: GrandIsland (#18)

It's called natural selection.

Dallas and Baton Rouge too?

ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-07-21 22:00:30   Reply   Private Reply

#20: GrandIsland    To: ConservingFreedom (#19)

Both urban zoo animals were exterminated.

Robot 1.... racist, anarchist, extra dark paultard ZERO.

I'm pretty sure if you look at the numbers, you'll find between black on black crime AND all the Micheal Browns of history... natural selection is working.

Even at your local zoo, a few zoo handlers will die for every 1000 animal deaths in captivity.

So shut your cock gobbler, paultard.

GrandIsland posted on 2016-07-21 22:11:45   Reply   Private Reply

#21: ConservingFreedom    To: GrandIsland (#20)

cock gobbler

Keep your faggot fantasies to yourself.

ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-07-21 22:17:53   Reply   Private Reply

#22: GrandIsland    To: ConservingFreedom (#21)

I'm not one of the agenda posters that supports Stinky Peter Puff. That would be you, Decktard, Fred's Ass Hertz, Hondope and sucky Bucky.

GrandIsland posted on 2016-07-21 22:29:26   Reply   Private Reply

#23: ConservingFreedom    To: GrandIsland (#22)

supports Stinky Peter Puff. That would be you

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ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-07-21 22:38:37   Reply   Private Reply

#24: Deckard    To: Titorite2, GrandIsland, misterwhite, ConservingFreedom, cranky, rlk, U don't know me (#16)

It gets even better - Officer Was Aiming For the Autistic Man, Shot His Unarmed Black Therapist By Accident, Says Miami Police Union Chief

John Rivera, who leads the Dade County Police Benevolent Association, explained that the police officer shot Kinsey by accident. He was actually aiming for “the white male”—Kinsey’s young autistic patient, whom the cops mistook for a suicidal man with a gun.

(In the video taken before the shooting, Kinsey calls him “Rinaldo” while trying to get him to lay on the ground so he wouldn’t be shot by the police.)

So what we have here is a cop, who is a terrible shot, who decided that a man holding a toy truck was a threat.

Deckard posted on 2016-07-22 07:55:14   Reply   Private Reply

#25: cranky    To: Deckard (#24)

Officer Was Aiming For the Autistic Man, Shot His Unarmed Black Therapist By Accident, Says Miami Police Union Chief

Unbelievable.

cranky posted on 2016-07-22 08:37:40   Reply   Private Reply

#26: Deckard    To: cranky (#25)

You know what this story proves?

If you run, police will shoot you. If you stay, lie down on the ground and put your (empty, weaponless) hands up, and comply with every single order the police give you because you are an innocent person who didn’t do anything wrong….

They will still shoot you.

All those people who say “I’m not doing anything wrong, so I have nothing to worry about” are dead wrong. We all have something to worry about in the American Police State.

Deckard posted on 2016-07-22 10:19:42   Reply   Private Reply

#27: misterwhite    To: cranky (#25)

"Unbelievable."

Knowing what we know now, sure. But what did the police know at the time?

They were sent to the scene as a result of 911 call reporting a man with a gun. What do they see? Two people in the middle of the street -- one laying down with his hands up pleading with another man who is holding what appears to be the gun they were told about.

One officer eventually decides to shoot the man with the "gun" and misses.

I believe that.

misterwhite posted on 2016-07-22 12:07:39   Reply   Private Reply

#28: Deckard    To: misterwhite (#27)

another man who is holding what appears to be the gun

It was a frigging toy truck.

The cop couldn't figure that out?

Deckard posted on 2016-07-22 12:36:50   Reply   Private Reply

#29: TrappedInMd    To: cranky (#0)

I watched the whole video.

Considering they shot not the guy with the toy truck, but the other guy Kinsey, then handcuffed him to make it look good, the police look pretty guilty.

TrappedInMd posted on 2016-07-22 12:46:35   Reply   Private Reply

#30: misterwhite    To: Deckard (#28)

It was a frigging toy truck. The cop couldn't figure that out?

The 911 caller didn't.

misterwhite posted on 2016-07-22 13:10:43   Reply   Private Reply

#31: cranky    To: misterwhite (#27)

One officer eventually decides to shoot the man with the "gun" and misses.

I believe that.

Well, at least it could explain why the badged bureaucrat claimed he had no idea why he shot the therapist.

cranky posted on 2016-07-22 15:32:00   Reply   Private Reply