Video shows moments before North Miami Police shot unarmed man

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Anonymous wrote:It's OK guys, it's all fine, the police union president says the cop was trying to shoot the autistic man and missed: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article91160077.html

This is his actual defense. That the cop was not racist, he just really wanted to kill the intellectually disabled autistic man sitting on the ground playing with a toy truck, but his aim sucked.

Wow. They somehow managed to take an already indefensible situation and make it even worse. Impressive.

That cop us a LIAR, LIAR, LIAR! If the cop was trying to 'protect' the man he actually shot, why did he let him lay there for 20 minutes. Total, unequivocal bull$hit.

I will be livid if a judge and/or jury falls for this lie.

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Anonymous wrote:I have never had a bad interaction with a D.C. police officer. Born and raised .

OK? It's never happened to you so it never happens?

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US police seem very pumped up and trigger happy in my interactions with them. In my country (uk) police are civil and friendly. Moreover they are trained to de escalate situations, whereas American cops always want to escalate. I think better training and being civil would go a long way.

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Anonymous wrote:It's OK guys, it's all fine, the police union president says the cop was trying to shoot the autistic man and missed: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article91160077.html

This is his actual defense. That the cop was not racist, he just really wanted to kill the intellectually disabled autistic man sitting on the ground playing with a toy truck, but his aim sucked.

Wow. They somehow managed to take an already indefensible situation and make it even worse. Impressive.

That cop us a LIAR, LIAR, LIAR! If the cop was trying to 'protect' the man he actually shot, why did he let him lay there for 20 minutes. Total, unequivocal bull$hit.

I will be livid if a judge and/or jury falls for this lie.

And don't forget the cop put them both in handcuffs afterwards!?!?

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Anonymous wrote:It's OK guys, it's all fine, the police union president says the cop was trying to shoot the autistic man and missed: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article91160077.html

This is his actual defense. That the cop was not racist, he just really wanted to kill the intellectually disabled autistic man sitting on the ground playing with a toy truck, but his aim sucked.

Wow. They somehow managed to take an already indefensible situation and make it even worse. Impressive.

That cop us a LIAR, LIAR, LIAR! If the cop was trying to 'protect' the man he actually shot, why did he let him lay there for 20 minutes. Total, unequivocal bull$hit.

I will be livid if a judge and/or jury falls for this lie.

And don't forget the cop put them both in handcuffs afterwards!?!?

But but but he had to shoot the caretaker to protect the caretaker from the "gun" the autistic man was carrying even though the caretaker told the officer multiple times it was a toy truck not a gun.

I mean, c'mon guys, isn't the caretaker safer being shot by a cop than shot by a toy truck? I've heard tonka truck shootings are really on the rise in Florida, the new crime wave of the summer. It's this year's bath salts.

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Anonymous wrote:Let this sort of thing happen to a white woman or someone's white child (instead of the black children getting shot by cops) and white people will be up in arms.

The news will cover it 24-7.

Ever wonder why most crime shows and news feature white blonde women murders? Well it's not because there are no people of other ethnicities getting killed.

TV folks know that most people are conditioned to "care" about white women - and not care about the others. There's MUCH less empathy.

Believe me. I work in media. I'm in the room when these conversations happen and decisions are made.

It's sad.

If you didn't feel immense empathy for this poor man who was shot (and instead you felt for the officer who shot him), you have some VERY SERIOUS issues.

Of course people feel empathy for this man and not for this officer (though he deserves due process)..what a red herring.

Not true. Look at the conversations happening over this news. Then, look at the conversations that happen when innocent white people are killed.

The difference is so stark it's beyond startling. I'm amazed that you can't see it.

There's a national news conversation about this man, about Sandra Bland Etc. I know incidents where white people were shot (that guy in his door in VA made metro section) - can't remember a single name, can you?

I can - John Geer. Jeremy Mardis (6 years old) was killed by two black officers who have been indicted in Louisiana. Dylan Noble in Fresno. The kid in South Carolina who was with his girlfriend getting ice cream or something.

Here is the thing - these protests don't materialize out of thin air. People organize them. Where are the All Live Matter folks then?

I am black and I am horrified when ANYONE is shot by a police office. Part of the problem is that people are ALWAYS looking for an excuse for someone to be killed in the street when this happens. There are very, VERY few situations where this is truly justified. Being autistic with a truck in your hand isn't one of them. He was literally just sitting there. I hope the department gets sued into oblivion. Apparently the police tased one of the resident previously, and the owner of the group home offered to do a training session for the police. They, of course, did not take him up on the offer.

And this situation with this woman in Austin. She was going 50 in a 35 and ended up being slammed to the ground. For what? What she dangerous to anyone? Did she have a record? Were there warrants out for her arrest that the cop could see after running her plates? Or was it just that he didn't like her "attitude"? This HAS to stop. It seems like police officers are escalating situations instead of de-escalating. If you talk to old school police officers, they will tell you that they have never even drawn their guns, let alone shot anyone. Now that seems to be the first option. I guess if all you have is a hammer, though, all your problems are a nail.

And yes, they DO do this to white people. Not at the same rate, but it still happens. Progress won't be made until people of all races are pissed about it happening AT ALL.

Haha, so very trueDH worked in the inner city during the crack wars. He never drew his weapon, let alone shoot anyone. He did have quite a few fist battles.

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Anonymous wrote:Let this sort of thing happen to a white woman or someone's white child (instead of the black children getting shot by cops) and white people will be up in arms.

The news will cover it 24-7.

Ever wonder why most crime shows and news feature white blonde women murders? Well it's not because there are no people of other ethnicities getting killed.

TV folks know that most people are conditioned to "care" about white women - and not care about the others. There's MUCH less empathy.

Believe me. I work in media. I'm in the room when these conversations happen and decisions are made.

It's sad.

If you didn't feel immense empathy for this poor man who was shot (and instead you felt for the officer who shot him), you have some VERY SERIOUS issues.

Of course people feel empathy for this man and not for this officer (though he deserves due process)..what a red herring.

Not true. Look at the conversations happening over this news. Then, look at the conversations that happen when innocent white people are killed.

The difference is so stark it's beyond startling. I'm amazed that you can't see it.

There's a national news conversation about this man, about Sandra Bland Etc. I know incidents where white people were shot (that guy in his door in VA made metro section) - can't remember a single name, can you?

I can - John Geer. Jeremy Mardis (6 years old) was killed by two black officers who have been indicted in Louisiana. Dylan Noble in Fresno. The kid in South Carolina who was with his girlfriend getting ice cream or something.

Here is the thing - these protests don't materialize out of thin air. People organize them. Where are the All Live Matter folks then?

I am black and I am horrified when ANYONE is shot by a police office. Part of the problem is that people are ALWAYS looking for an excuse for someone to be killed in the street when this happens. There are very, VERY few situations where this is truly justified. Being autistic with a truck in your hand isn't one of them. He was literally just sitting there. I hope the department gets sued into oblivion. Apparently the police tased one of the resident previously, and the owner of the group home offered to do a training session for the police. They, of course, did not take him up on the offer.

And this situation with this woman in Austin. She was going 50 in a 35 and ended up being slammed to the ground. For what? What she dangerous to anyone? Did she have a record? Were there warrants out for her arrest that the cop could see after running her plates? Or was it just that he didn't like her "attitude"? This HAS to stop. It seems like police officers are escalating situations instead of de-escalating. If you talk to old school police officers, they will tell you that they have never even drawn their guns, let alone shot anyone. Now that seems to be the first option. I guess if all you have is a hammer, though, all your problems are a nail.

And yes, they DO do this to white people. Not at the same rate, but it still happens. Progress won't be made until people of all races are pissed about it happening AT ALL.

It's just called a protest

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/protesters-demand-accountability-in-fairfax-police-shooting-of-john-geer/2015/01/08/9b58d55a-975e-11e4-aabd-d0b93ff613d5_story.html

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Anonymous wrote:It's OK guys, it's all fine, the police union president says the cop was trying to shoot the autistic man and missed: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article91160077.html

This is his actual defense. That the cop was not racist, he just really wanted to kill the intellectually disabled autistic man sitting on the ground playing with a toy truck, but his aim sucked.

Wow. They somehow managed to take an already indefensible situation and make it even worse. Impressive.

That cop us a LIAR, LIAR, LIAR! If the cop was trying to 'protect' the man he actually shot, why did he let him lay there for 20 minutes. Total, unequivocal bull$hit.

I will be livid if a judge and/or jury falls for this lie.

You forgot to add "bleeding, and handcuffed him."

DH is a former judge and was just telling me a little while earlier that the story made no sense--not that you need to be a judge to figure that out.
That said, since the Trayvon Martin case I have lost all faith in the ability of the judicial system in this country to render much justice.

Anyone know if Charles Kinsey has sufficient enough medical insurance to make it through until he hopefully extracts a giganormous settlement from the city of Miami in a civil suit? Or whether a site has been set up to help with his medical bills? (I'm a social media ignoramus).

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe its true? A call came.im about a man with a gun in the street..who placed that call? From a distance did the object in the autistic mans ha d lol like a gun? We have a huge problem in America of police work with people who are challenged in some way that causes them to behave unexpectedly or not respond to commands - whether high,mentally ill autistic etc. There needs to be a lot of advocacy work here for better procedures in these situations, though police dont always know in advance what the deal is. #BLM raised consciousness fir a a group, mostly black men. This would be a great time for them to find common cause with other groups and start advocating changes in olive practices in general that would save lives - both civilian but also police as we need to remember that we can't put them at risk either.

what is most troubling for me is that officers continually respond to these anonymous callers with hyper agrees ion and failure to assess the situation. this is similar to what happened to John Crawford in the Walmart. some caller gives erroneous information to a dispatcher, the police respond with hyper aggression, and someone loses their life. what happened to assessing the situation? in the case of Kinsey, the police responded to false information and shot an innocent man, who could not have been more submissive. The police had more than a split second to assess. they chose not to. Did they even bother to look in the man's hand to see what he was holding? Did they listen to Kinsey if and when he told them that it's a toy truck, or did they tell him to "shut the fuck up and put your hands in the air!". Moreover, the fact that he was aiming for the intellectually disabled man clearly holding a toy is ridiculous. there have been several cases of police killing people who are intellectually disabled. To date, none have been held responsible for their actions. Where does Autism Speaks stand on the killing of people with autism at the hands of police? The proposed policy changes that BLM advocates for help all citizens, not just Black males. It just so happens that Black males are more frequently killed at the hands of law enforcement than Black women. BLM also spoke out about Sandra Bland as well. nevertheless, there is clearly something wrong with the quality of poloce candidates when a man who is clearly compliant and submissive gets shot anyway.