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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNorth Miami cop charged in shooting of autistic mans unarmed therapist
Source: Miami Herald
APRIL 12, 2017 2:05 PM
North Miami cop charged in shooting of autistic mans unarmed therapist
BY DAVID OVALLE AND CHARLES RABIN
A North Miami police officer will face criminal charges for shooting the unarmed caretaker of an autistic man last summer one of a string of questionable police shootings of black men nationwide that sparked protests.
Officer Jonathan Aledda was arrested and charged Wednesday with a felony count of attempted manslaughter, and a misdemeanor charge of culpable negligence.
The arrest came nine months after Aledda shot and wounded Charles Kinsey, a behavioral therapist who was lying on his back on the ground, his hands up in the air, begging officers not to shoot a confrontation partly captured on video from a bystander.
The arrest marks the first time prosecutors under Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle have charged an officer for an on-duty shooting. Her office concluded that Aledda was more than 150 feet away from Kinsey, while two other officers also armed with rifles were within 20 feet and did not feel threatened. Aledda was not in a position to correctly assess the situation or in a position to accurately fire, according to a press release.
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North Miami cop charged in shooting of autistic mans unarmed therapist
BY DAVID OVALLE AND CHARLES RABIN
A North Miami police officer will face criminal charges for shooting the unarmed caretaker of an autistic man last summer one of a string of questionable police shootings of black men nationwide that sparked protests.
Officer Jonathan Aledda was arrested and charged Wednesday with a felony count of attempted manslaughter, and a misdemeanor charge of culpable negligence.
The arrest came nine months after Aledda shot and wounded Charles Kinsey, a behavioral therapist who was lying on his back on the ground, his hands up in the air, begging officers not to shoot a confrontation partly captured on video from a bystander.
The arrest marks the first time prosecutors under Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle have charged an officer for an on-duty shooting. Her office concluded that Aledda was more than 150 feet away from Kinsey, while two other officers also armed with rifles were within 20 feet and did not feel threatened. Aledda was not in a position to correctly assess the situation or in a position to accurately fire, according to a press release.
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Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article144190724.html
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North Miami cop charged in shooting of autistic mans unarmed therapist (Original Post)
Eugene
Apr 2017
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. GOOD--------- I remember that shooting
MagickMuffin
(15,943 posts)2. GOOD K&R
Now hopefully he will go to jail!!!
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)3. yep... Now the real story finally comes out...
at least tell me this trigger-happy asshole has been fired...