Local behavior specialists react to shooting of Miami man shot while helping autistic client [View all]

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http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/local-behavior-specialists-react-to-shooting-of-miami-man-shot-while-helping-autistic-client
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CLEARWATER, Fla. - It didn't take long for news to spread about the shooting of a behavioral therapist in Miami at a Clearwater adult disabled center.

Charles Kinsey, an unarmed African American, was shot by a police officer while trying to help a 24-year-old man who ran away from his group home.

Kinsey who had his hands up in the air was trying to calm his client in the middle of a road.

ARC Tampa Bay helps provide services and living arrangements for disabled adults in the Tampa bay area.

Chuck Thompson has been working as a behavior specialist at the non-profit for 21 years, and has ran into a police encounter with a client before.

"I was in that situation basically, I had to shield my client from getting shot," he said.

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I heard the parent of an autistic child saying his son often moves suddenly and he needs to know if that is a death sentence. Seriously these fugging police are out of control