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| Miami police shoot black man with his hands up trying to help autistic patient |
Charles Kinsey was trying to retrieve a young autistic man who had wandered away from an assisted living facility and was blocking traffic when Kinsey was shot by a North Miami police officer.
Charles Kinsey and the young autistic man moments before the police fired. Photo: Courtesy Hilton Napoleon/Washington Post
In cell phone footage of the incident, Kinsey can be seen lying on the ground with his hands in the air, trying to calm the autistic man and defuse the situation seconds before he is shot.
"All he has is a toy truck in his hand," Kinsey can be heard saying in the video as police officers with assault rifles hide behind telephone poles approximately nine metres away.
"That's all it is," the caretaker says. "There is no need for guns."
Seconds later, off camera, one of the officers fired his weapon three times.
In cell phone footage of the incident, Kinsey can be seen lying on the ground with his hands in the air, trying to calm the autistic man and defuse the situation seconds before he is shot.
"All he has is a toy truck in his hand," Kinsey can be heard saying in the video as police officers with assault rifles hide behind telephone poles approximately nine metres away.
"That's all it is," the caretaker says. "There is no need for guns."
Seconds later, off camera, one of the officers fired his weapon three times.
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