By Rich McKay(Reuters) ― A Florida jury on Monday night acquitted a North Miami police officer of two felony charges of attempted manslaughter in the shooting of an unarmed caretaker of an autistic man who was holding a toy truck, media reports said. The officer, Jonathan Aledda, said he fired at the autistic man, thinking that a shiny toy truck he held was a gun. He missed the autistic man but hit his therapist, Charles Kinsey, who was laying on his back in the street with his hands up, complying with police orders. The case gained national attention after cellphone video of the incident emerged and went viral on the Internet. He testified at the first trial that when he fired his gun, he was aiming at Rios because the autistic man had turned and pointed the object at Kinsey.

Source: Huffington Post June 18, 2019 12:56 UTC