Freeport, IL police probe arrest of black man using IV machine outside hospital

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

US police probe arrest of black man using IV machine outside hospital

1 July 2019

US police are investigating the arrest of a black patient in Illinois who was detained near a hospital while attached to an intravenous (IV) machine.

Shaquille Dukes says he went for a walk on his doctor's orders, but was held after a white security guard accused him of trying to steal the machine.

Mr Dukes has now filed a complaint alleging racial profiling.

Freeport police say their officers acted "the best way they could", but have launched an independent probe.

Freeport Health Network (FHN) Memorial Hospital has not commented on the incident, calling it a police matter.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48831646

[elleng]

1. The officers in NO way acted "the best way they could."

[Demovictory9]

2. k&r

[tulipsandroses]

3. More bullshit from the finest- I think its time to start going after the police pension fund

Maybe they will start treating black and brown people humanely and equally when it starts hurting their own pockets.

You can't even be sick and be black without being profiled. The hospital needs to take responsibility. This is not just a police matter. The security guard was either employed or contracted by them. He was the one that called the police while the man was still attached to their IV machine while still wearing a Hospital armband.

Utterly ridiculous!