Don't Shoot Officer - I'm His Behavior Therapist; says the black man with his hands up

Fla. man says his hands were up when police shot him

by  Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY Network 8:19 a.m. EDT July 21, 2016

 black Florida man trying to calm his patient with autism was shot by a police officer Monday, despite having his hands in the air, he said Wednesday.
North Miami Assistant Police Chief Neal Cuevas said the incident happened when officers responded to a call that a man with a gun was walking around threatening to shoot himself, the Miami Herald reported. Charles Kinsey, a behavioral therapist, told WSVN-TV that the man police were searching for was his patient, who had escaped from a nearby group home, and the gun was actually a toy truck.

In cell phone video of the incident, Kinsey, 47, is seen laying on the ground with his hands in the air.
In the video, he repeatedly assures police the young man does not have a gun.

“All he has is a toy truck in his hands,” Kinsey said in the video. “I am a behavior therapist at a group home.”
Throughout the incident, Kinsey’s patient refused to comply with police and lay down, although Kinsey encouraged him to follow the officers’ directions.
“Rinaldo, please be still,” he said in the clip. “Sit down Rinaldo. Lay on your stomach.”
Kinsey told WSVN-TV, during the incident he was more worried about the patient than himself.
“I was thinking as long as I have my hands up ... they’re not going to shoot me," he told the station, from his hospital bed.
Kinsey said moments later he was shot in the leg, and then handcuffed while the officers waited for medics to arrive.
North Miami police spokeswoman Natalie Buissereth had few details on the shooting, but told the Herald that at some point during the negotiation "one of the responding officers discharged his weapon.”
The cell phone video did not capture the actual shooting. According to the Herald, the incident is currently being investigated by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office.
On social media, many expressed outrage over the incident, which comes in the midst of increased scrutiny of police involved shootings.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/07/21/fla-man-says-his-hands-were-up-when-police-shot-him/87377306/

Well worst case scenario, the cop didn't hit a main artery in the Therapists leg, so he'll live to sue that dumb-ass and the department for their lack of proper training!

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:

YEP...

THERE IS  the obvious question..

Why did that dickhead cop have his gun drawn ?
Seems like gunhappy cops heading straight onto the scene without suss'ing the scene out first..        

On my link there's a clear video; don't know why my internet is having such huge issues - maybe this heat - solar spots   

eddie wrote:Amazing that the cell phone didn't capture the shooting.

Ben Reilly wrote:

eddie wrote:Amazing that the cell phone didn't capture the shooting.

Since the police aren't denying they shot him though, what difference does that make?

Ben Reilly wrote:

eddie wrote:Amazing that the cell phone didn't capture the shooting.

Since the police aren't denying they shot him though, what difference does that make?

eddie wrote: