Cop shoots caretaker of autistic man playing in the street with toy truck

[chaya]

When a 23-year-old autistic man carrying a toy truck wandered from a mental health center out into the street Monday, a worker there named Charles Kinsey went to retrieve him

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[calinewarkwc69]

I was just reading about this-- fucking awful. Pitiful. Shameful. "Why did you fire your weapon?" "Oh, I don't know." Jump off a cliff asshole.

[tilmon]

There are two communities in this country that police read as threats. One is black, the other is neurologically divergent. The officer was probably confused about which one to shoot, and thus his answer of "I don't know". I guess he needs more training in Choosing a Socially Approved Target at Bad Police Academy for such situations that involve both a Black Caretaker and a White Neurologically Divergent Person so he won't be so confused the next time.

[dustbunny105]

Yeah, I'm honestly surprised he didn't shoot them both.

[blondebeaker]

Rumor has he was aiming at the Autistic man and missed.

[grimmerlove]

Without getting too specific, I work with neurodiverse individuals and this is something that I worry about every day.

[mimblexwimble]

911 call indicating a man was in the street with a gun threatening to kill himself.

Who makes these calls??

[chaya]

I've wondered about this too.

[koushiba]

mte like?.....

[lightframes]

omg

[mercystars]

Christ.

[koushiba]

There needs to be stricter guidelines for hiring and training cops imo. Enough w/these assholes who freak out over nothing and shoot people. They shouldn't be able to even look at a picture of a gun.