"All He Has is a Toy Truck": The Shocking Police Shooting of Therapist Caring for Autistic Patient
August 2, 2016
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as posted by the channelIn North Miami, the city’s police department is facing growing criticism after one of its officers shot an AfricanAmerican behavioral therapist who was attempting to help an autistic man. At the time of the shooting, behavioral therapist Charles Kinsey was helping to calm Arnaldo Rios Soto, a 26yearold autistic man, who had wandered away from a group home. Police responded after receiving a 911 call about a man who was possibly holding a gun. Police soon surrounded Rios Soto and the therapist, Charles Kinsey. Video shows Kinsey lying on the ground with his hands in the air. He told police no one was armed. In a cellphone video of the shooting, Kinsey can be heard telling police, "All he has is a toy truck. A toy truck. I am a behavioral therapist at a group home." Rios Soto’s family says he has been traumatized by the incident and still wears the bloodsoaked jacket he had on the day his friend, caregiver and therapist was shot by police. Meanwhile, Kinsey now walks with a cane and cannot stand on his leg for long. We speak with Charles Kinsey’s attorney, Hilton Napoleon, and Arnaldo Rios Soto’s lawyer, Matthew Dietz.
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