An unarmed Miami-area man trying to calm his autistic patient was shot in the leg by police even though he had his hands up, he said Wednesday.
Police in North Miami, Fla., told WSVN-TV officers responded Monday to a 911 call reporting a man with a gun threatening to commit suicide. Yet Charles Kinsey, a behavioral therapist, told the TV station the witness and later the police may have mistook the autistic mans toy truck for a gun.
The patient had run away from a group home in the Miami suburb. Cellphone video showed Kinsey lying on the ground and trying to calm the patient even as officers pointed their guns at them.Im going to the ground, just like this with my hands up. And Im laying down here just like this. And Im telling him again, 'Sir, theres no need for firearms. Im unarmed, this is an autistic guy. He has a toy truck in his hand, Kinsey told WSVN.
When he shot me, it was so surprising. It was like a mosquito bite. And when he hit me, Im like, I still got my hands in the air. I said, You know, I just got shot. And Im saying to them, Sir, why did you shoot me? And his words to me, he said, I dont know.
Yet the officer handcuffed him momentarily and flipped him over on the concrete at NE 127th St. and NE 14th Ave., Kinsey said. He was later taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Like somewhere between laying on the ground with his hands up and trying to explain to the cops what is going on the dude said "f*** it" and magically pulled a gun out of his ass and started busting at the cops.
