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DetlefK

(16,423 posts) Fri Jul 22, 2016, 06:33 AM Jul 2016

Cops sorry for shooting black guy. They actually wanted to shoot autistic guy playing with toy car. [View all]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/charles-kinsey-shot-accidentally_us_579144d3e4b00c9876cecb95

The officer “thought Kinsey’s life was in danger,” John Rivera, head of the Miami-Dade Police Benevolent Association, said at a news conference.

Kinsey said from his hospital bed he was lying in the street Monday with his hands up when he was shot. He said he had been trying to calm an adult patient with autism who was playing with a toy truck in the street after running away from a nearby care facility.

“This isn’t a mistake in the sense that the officer shot the wrong guy, or that Mr. Kinsey was the bad guy,” Rivera said. “It was a mistake in the sense that he thought Mr. Kinsey was a victim and was about to lose his life. And so he attempted to stop the white male and accidentally shot Mr. Kinsey.”

Rivera said the officer wasn’t aiming for Kinsey when he fired.

He couldn’t explain why, after the shooting, officers rolled the bleeding Kinsey to his side and handcuffed him.

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Worst. Excuse. Ever.

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Cops sorry for shooting black guy. They actually wanted to shoot autistic guy playing with toy car. [View all] DetlefK Jul 2016 OP

I would have gone exboyfil Jul 2016 #1

How does this explain the arrest? Beakybird Jul 2016 #2

It doesn't exboyfil Jul 2016 #5

It was accidental awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #39

I suppose if you're a cop and you've shot someone EL34x4 Jul 2016 #46

"that is how I am trained, and I got spooked" alcibiades_mystery Jul 2016 #29

As someone who recently had clear legal justification to open fire on a home invader.... Socal31 Jul 2016 #3

But that is exactly what their "more training" is for--to teach them not tblue37 Jul 2016 #40

Once you identify a clear threat, then yes. Socal31 Jul 2016 #42

I saw this on the news last night anoNY42 Jul 2016 #4

He was apparently a member of the SWAT team, too, according to the report auntpurl Jul 2016 #6

It feels weird to be thankful that the cop was a terrible shot anoNY42 Jul 2016 #24

I have a hard time believving this story... Adrahil Jul 2016 #12

The cop pulled off three rounds from a long gun rateyes Jul 2016 #7

He did miss two out of three shots. LisaL Jul 2016 #8

Well, a guy laying prone on the ground is a smaller target rateyes Jul 2016 #10

The guy claims his "target" was an autistic man with a toy truck. LisaL Jul 2016 #11

I am saying the guy is lying. He hit his target. rateyes Jul 2016 #14

Yup AllyCat Jul 2016 #32

I think this was a negligent discharge. Adrahil Jul 2016 #13

This /. They still confirmed when asked why the cop shot, he said "I don't know" jmg257 Jul 2016 #15

That is probably what happened. And if the cop rateyes Jul 2016 #16

Yup. Agree 100% Adrahil Jul 2016 #18

If he goes with his story exboyfil Jul 2016 #28

The cops almost always get let off he hook for this stuff AllyCat Jul 2016 #31

Three times???? Photographer Jul 2016 #23

Well, exactly. LisaL Jul 2016 #25

Maybe the first was a Negligent Discharge JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2016 #59

The old "I shot the wrong unarmed person" defense. Vinca Jul 2016 #9

so they were ACTUALLY trying to shoot the autistic guy instead of the black guy forjusticethunders Jul 2016 #17

No. Unlikely, IMO. Adrahil Jul 2016 #19

First I heard abut 3 round burst citood Jul 2016 #34

Well, don't know for sure in this case... Adrahil Jul 2016 #49

Personally I think he had his finger on the trigger and...whoops citood Jul 2016 #55

Isn't a 3 round burst an automatic weapon? Nt Logical Jul 2016 #47

Yep. Some cops use them. Adrahil Jul 2016 #50

I doubt it. They would have kept shooting u til they hit hit him Liberal_in_LA Jul 2016 #43

John Rivera is a pendejo. Scurrilous Jul 2016 #20

What did you expect? SwankyXomb Jul 2016 #37

When this kind of thing happens, the ENTIRE COP ORGANIZATION needs to be investigated. Stinky The Clown Jul 2016 #21

The idiot "cop" attempted to murder a African American rockfordfile Jul 2016 #22

Well, gosh, doesn't that make us all feel so much better? AllyCat Jul 2016 #26

He shot an unarmed man and then handcuffed him liberal N proud Jul 2016 #27

Seriously, wtf. uppityperson Jul 2016 #41

Incredibly stupid, mentally unstable, or murderer. I see no other explanation. eom Festivito Jul 2016 #30

They have a scope they could see it was a toy truck. Dustlawyer Jul 2016 #33

I live just south of Miami tavernier Jul 2016 #52

And people ask me why I wake up at 3am having a panic attack Ilsa Jul 2016 #35

+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Jul 2016 #38

Obvious lie is obvious. MohRokTah Jul 2016 #36

So, Barney should have kept the bullet in his shirt pocket? Liberal In Texas Jul 2016 #44

This is getting kafkaesque. Taitertots Jul 2016 #45

No sh*t etherealtruth Jul 2016 #51

but, but, but edhopper Jul 2016 #48

The handcuffing with no first aid is just as big a story as the shooting. NutmegYankee Jul 2016 #53

Exactly! Liberal_in_LA Jul 2016 #57

I am beginning to see a pattern of the cops and the 911 operator have already Jim Beard Jul 2016 #54

Its just jaw droppingly stupid that the police thought concocting a story about procon Jul 2016 #56

Sue the everloving shit out of them! What a fucked up story full of cops lying like thieves. Rex Jul 2016 #58