Felony Charges Dismissed Against Miami Cop Who Shot Black Caregiver With Arms Raised
Source: Miami Herald/Slate
Felony Charges Dismissed Against Miami Cop Who Shot Black Caregiver With Arms Raised
By MOLLY OLMSTEAD
JUNE 18, 20191:03 PM
Kinsey, left, and Soto, right, before the shooting.
The Washington Post
A North Miami police officer who shot the caregiver of an autistic man in distress, even though the caregiver was lying on the ground with his hands raised in the air, has been convicted on a misdemeanor charge of culpable negligence but has escaped a felony conviction. A jury on Monday dismissed two attempted manslaughter charges against the officer, according to the Miami Herald.
The 2016 incident, part of which was captured in a video that went viral afterward, sparking outrage over the shooting of yet another black man who posed no threat to the police, began when a 23-year-old man with autism named Arnaldo Rios Soto wandered away from a Miami-area mental health center. Charles Kinsey, a 47-year-old therapist from Soto’s group home, caught up to Soto at the side of a road. A passing driver saw Soto, who was holding a toy truck, and called the police, believing the man was holding a gun to his head.
When police arrived, several officers soon realized that neither Soto nor Kinsey posed a threat and that the reported gun was just a toy. Kinsey shouted to the police, “all he has is a toy truck.” He also laid down on the street, arms above his head, begging them not to shoot. At the time of the shooting, Soto was sitting next to Kinsey, still holding the toy.
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Many who watched the video were skeptical that anyone could have perceived that Kinsey or Soto posed any danger, and prosecutors said Aledda had been reckless, ignoring all warnings from other officers and indications that the scenario was not a dangerous one, according to the Herald.
Read more: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/miami-caretaker-shooting-officer-convicted-misdemeanor.html
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operated by a brain of unknown stability, sanity, training or experience.
Same as any gun violence......
he deserves ... someday, somewhere, somehow. 
He certainly evaded it in this instance. But ....
But that will never happen. I can only get out of bed from one day to the next if I believe that whatever goes around eventually comes around. I have actually seen this happen, although never fast or complete enough to make up in any way for the injustice involved.
The fact that such injustice exists and continues to exist is something reprehensible. That it continues to occur in what some call "the best" and "the greatest" nation on earth is inexcusable.
We are very far from being "the best" or "the greatest." 
Yah. That's going to happen. 
