Miami Police Shooting – Police officers shoot unarmed black man who had his hands up.
Tension between Black Lives Matter and police officers are high across the country – and especially in Baton Rouge, Louisiana – after the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police officers.
Last weekend saw another tragedy when a gunman went on a massacre and shot several police and sheriffs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Both Sterling and Philando Castile’s death were caught on camera, and one man nearly met the same fate this week. Behavioral Therapist CHarles Kinsey was doing his job – helping an autistic boy in the middle of the street – when police reportedly responded to a call from someone who beleived a man had a gun. The man in question was actually a young autistic patient, who was playing with his toy truck.
Kinsey was not armed, and he was trying to calm the boy when police approached him with weapons drawn. And after he put his hands in the air, a police officer shot him.
Thankfully, Kinsey was able to tell his story, as he sustained a non-life threatening gun shot wound. “I’m going to the ground, just like this with my hands up. And I’m laying down here just like this. And I’m telling him again, ‘Sir, there’s no need for firearms. I’m unarmed, this is an autistic guy. He has a toy truck in his hand … When he shot me, it was so surprising. It was like a mosquito bite. And when he hit me, I’m like, I still got my hands in the air. I said, ‘You know, I just got shot.’ And I’m saying to them, ‘Sir, why did you shoot me?’ And his words to me, he said, ‘I don’t know.’”
State police are currently investigating the incident including Kinsey’s account of events.
Since then Hollywood’s biggest celebrities reacted on Twitter.
So is this #CharlesKinsey silence the “he’s no angel” portion of the game? Where y’all check his 8th school reports & his driving records?
— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) July 21, 2016
Unarmed man who was helping a special needs child is shot while on his back & hands in the air. This makes me so angry/ sad #CharlesKinsey
— Kyle Richards (@KyleRichards) July 21, 2016
I am so glad #CharlesKinsey is alive
— Andy Cohen (@Andy) July 21, 2016
“Just don’t break the law,” they say. “Comply,” they say. “Learn to respect authority” they say. #CharlesKinsey shot by cops for helping kid
— S?vion (@SavionWright) July 21, 2016
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- Baton Rouge Police Shooting – 5 Facts You Need to Know
- Hollywood Reacts to the Dallas Police Shootings
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