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
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
By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR.
DAILYMAIL.COM
21 July 2016
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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