North Miami Police Department is getting an earful on its Facebook page
The North Miami Police Department (NMPD) has been getting an earful on its Facebook page ever since it was reported that a North Miami police officer, Jonathan Aledda, shot an unarmed black man, Charles Kinsey, three times as he lay on his back with his hands up in the air.
Kinsey told WSVN that he is a behavioral therapist and that he was with an autistic patient when he encountered the police.
WSVN quoted Kinsey as saying to the North Miami police officer, “Sir, there is no need for firearms. I’m unarmed, he’s an autistic guy.
He got a toy truck in his hand.” In the video, Kinsey can be seen lying on his back with his hands straight up and the autistic man, Rinaldo Dios, can be seen playing with a small toy truck.
Kinsey told WSVN that the shot felt “like a mosquito bite” and that when he asked Aledda why he shot him Aledda responded, “I don’t know.”
The fact that the video shows Kinsey and his autistic patient Dios posing no threat whatsoever sent people off on NMPD’s Facebook page.
Luc Smith-Royal , one of the people who commented on NMPD’s Facebook page, pointed out how coming in contact with the police is dangerous in and of its self.
Luc Smith-Royal wrote, “Lock up bikes or have your hands in the air either way you’re gonna get shot.”
Joe Packowski and Jenny Webster added a little more sarcasm in their comments. Packowski, who responded to Luc Smith-Royal’s comment, wrote that he hoped that the day will come when he can have the same rights as a police officer and respond, ‘I don’t know,’ after he has “tried to kill” someone.
As for Webster, she questioned if the officer shot Kinsey because he, the officer, thought it would help him to get a promotion.
Webster wrote, “Does shooting a behavioral therapist who is helping to calm a medically fragile patient get you promoted?”
Stephen Neubaum, who says that he worked in the IT division of a police department, wrote that the NMPD officer actions confirmed his belief about how one bad apple spoils the bunch.
Neubaum wrote, “We had a patrolman who I over hear say that his solution to shoot them all. North Miami’s little stunt only confirms what I have known for years. That the many good cops do not matter. Because there are still bad cops and those bad cops do more damage than all the good cops can ever repair.”
Neubaum did write that the police officer he overheard making the incendiary remarks about mentally disable people was suspended.
The officer, Aledda, who shot Kinsey faces the same fate or worse. And worse could mean being fired from his job and criminally prosecuted.
It has been reported that the state of Florida attorney general’s office is investigating the shooting.
Last Friday, during an appearance on CNN’s “New Day,” Polo Sandoval read Aledda’s statement.
Sandoval quoted Aledda as saying, “I took this job to save lives and help people. I did what I had to do in a split-second to accomplish that, and hate to hear others paint me as something I’m not.”
Sandoval told “New Day’s” host Chris Cuomo that Aledda’s police union said that he (Aledda) was not trying to harm Kinsey, but that Aledda thought the autistic man, who was playing with a toy truck, was a threat and was therefore trying to shoot the autistic man instead.
Kinsey told WSVN that he is a behavioral therapist and that he was with an autistic patient when he encountered the police.
WSVN quoted Kinsey as saying to the North Miami police officer, “Sir, there is no need for firearms. I’m unarmed, he’s an autistic guy.
He got a toy truck in his hand.” In the video, Kinsey can be seen lying on his back with his hands straight up and the autistic man, Rinaldo Dios, can be seen playing with a small toy truck.
Kinsey told WSVN that the shot felt “like a mosquito bite” and that when he asked Aledda why he shot him Aledda responded, “I don’t know.”
The fact that the video shows Kinsey and his autistic patient Dios posing no threat whatsoever sent people off on NMPD’s Facebook page.
Luc Smith-Royal , one of the people who commented on NMPD’s Facebook page, pointed out how coming in contact with the police is dangerous in and of its self.
Luc Smith-Royal wrote, “Lock up bikes or have your hands in the air either way you’re gonna get shot.”
Joe Packowski and Jenny Webster added a little more sarcasm in their comments. Packowski, who responded to Luc Smith-Royal’s comment, wrote that he hoped that the day will come when he can have the same rights as a police officer and respond, ‘I don’t know,’ after he has “tried to kill” someone.
As for Webster, she questioned if the officer shot Kinsey because he, the officer, thought it would help him to get a promotion.
Webster wrote, “Does shooting a behavioral therapist who is helping to calm a medically fragile patient get you promoted?”
Stephen Neubaum, who says that he worked in the IT division of a police department, wrote that the NMPD officer actions confirmed his belief about how one bad apple spoils the bunch.
Neubaum wrote, “We had a patrolman who I over hear say that his solution to shoot them all. North Miami’s little stunt only confirms what I have known for years. That the many good cops do not matter. Because there are still bad cops and those bad cops do more damage than all the good cops can ever repair.”
Neubaum did write that the police officer he overheard making the incendiary remarks about mentally disable people was suspended.
The officer, Aledda, who shot Kinsey faces the same fate or worse. And worse could mean being fired from his job and criminally prosecuted.
It has been reported that the state of Florida attorney general’s office is investigating the shooting.
Last Friday, during an appearance on CNN’s “New Day,” Polo Sandoval read Aledda’s statement.
Sandoval quoted Aledda as saying, “I took this job to save lives and help people. I did what I had to do in a split-second to accomplish that, and hate to hear others paint me as something I’m not.”
Sandoval told “New Day’s” host Chris Cuomo that Aledda’s police union said that he (Aledda) was not trying to harm Kinsey, but that Aledda thought the autistic man, who was playing with a toy truck, was a threat and was therefore trying to shoot the autistic man instead.
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