Shocking Moment Police Shot Unarmed Black Therapist While He Cared for Autistic Patient (Photo+Video)

The police in the United States have come under heavy criticism after officers shot an innocent black man allegedly because of his colour.



Charles Kinsey lying on the floor before he was shot by the police

An innocent therapist nearly lost his life after he was shot by the police while he was lying in the street with his hands up.

The black man who was caring for an autistic patient as he tried to to get his 27-year-old patient back to a facility safely could not believe his eyes after police shot him even when he raised his hands while lying on the floor and told them he was just a therapist.

A video shows Charles Kinsey asking the police not to shoot him, during the incident in Miami shows the the 47-year-old, unarmed black man lying on the floor with his hands raised.

Authorities said the incident happened on Monday, following reports of a man threatening to shoot himself.

According to Metro.co.uk, North Miami Assistant Police Chief Neal Cuevas told The Miami Herald that officers responded to the scene and ordered Kinsey and the patient, who was sitting in the street playing with a toy truck, to lie on the ground.


Charles Kinsey

He said Kinsey was lying down, and put his hands up while trying to get his patient to comply.

The video shows Kinsey lying in the middle of the street with his hands up, asking the officers not to shoot him, while the autistic man sits next to him, yelling at him to ‘shut up’.

‘Sir, there’s no need for firearms,’ Kinsey said he told police before he was shot.

An officer then fired three times, striking Kinsey in the leg, Cuevas said. Kinsey’s lawyer, Hilton Napoleon, gave the Herald the mobile phone video taken moments before the shooting.

Police have not released the name or race of the officer who shot him.

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