Miami police shootings

Officer Jonathan Aledda maintained that he mistook a toy truck for a firearm even though officers at the trial testified that radio communication had clarified that the toy was not a gun.

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Miami Officer Acquitted Of Attempted Manslaughter In Shooting Of Caregiver

11:07am June 18, 2019

by Scott Neuman

Jonathan Aledda testified that he did not intend to shoot Charles Kinsey, a caregiver for an autistic man who the officer says he mistakenly thought was armed.

Delrawn Small's companion Zaquanna Albert, left, and his brother Victor Demsey, center, and Cynthia Howell, right, an advocate with Families United for Justice, an organization made up of families affected by police killings, attend a news conference Thur

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Who Is Delrawn Small? Why Some Police Shootings Get Little Media Attention

1:15pm July 26, 2016

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Some police shooting victims like Alton Sterling and Philando Castile become national symbols. Their faces are splashed across the media, and their names become hashtags. So why are others forgotten?

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Gabriel Pendas (left) protests outside the North Miami Police Department on Thursday. The department held a news conference about the police shooting of a black behavioral therapist helping a man with autism.

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North Miami Officer Was Aiming At Man With Autism, Union Chief Says

3:37pm July 22, 2016

by Bill Chappell

"This is not a case of a rogue cop; this is not a case of police abuse," the head of the Dade County police union says, adding that the officer who shot Charles Kinsey is praying for his recovery.

In a video filmed on Monday, Charles Kinsey (left) lies next to the autistic patient he was trying to help, holding his hands up in an effort to assure the North Miami police that they aren't a threat. Kinsey was later shot in the leg by the police.

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Black Man Says He Was Shot By North Miami Police While Lying On The Ground

2:30pm July 21, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Charles Kinsey says he was shot as he was attempting to bring a man with autism back to the group home from which he had wandered.