The North Miami police officer who shot an unarmed black man earlier this week was actually aiming for the autistic man in his care, according to the local police union’s leader.
John Rivera, president of Dade County Police Benevolent Association, said the officers on the scene thought the autistic man’s toy was a gun and that he intended to harm Charles Kinsey, a behavioral therapist at a nearby assisted-living home.
“Many officers thought the white male had a firearm. Only much later when we’re able to Monday-morning quarterback do we find out that it’s a toy,” Rivera said at a press conference Thursday. “Only much later do we find out that the individual was autistic. The officers on the scene did not know that.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/miami-police-union-president-cop-000000956.html?nhp=1
I find that hard to believe. If true, it was gross negligence. Wasn't it three shots and all three just happened to hit the guy lying down.
Whatever.
John Rivera, president of Dade County Police Benevolent Association, said the officers on the scene thought the autistic man’s toy was a gun and that he intended to harm Charles Kinsey, a behavioral therapist at a nearby assisted-living home.
“Many officers thought the white male had a firearm. Only much later when we’re able to Monday-morning quarterback do we find out that it’s a toy,” Rivera said at a press conference Thursday. “Only much later do we find out that the individual was autistic. The officers on the scene did not know that.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/miami-police-union-president-cop-000000956.html?nhp=1
I find that hard to believe. If true, it was gross negligence. Wasn't it three shots and all three just happened to hit the guy lying down.
Whatever.
