Black patient arrested outside hospital being accused of trying to steal the IV machine he was hooked up to
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8983236.htmlA black patient recovering from pneumonia has filed an official complaint after being arrested while taking a doctor-ordered walk around an Illinois hospital, after a security guard accused him of trying to steal the IV machine he was hooked up to.
Shaquille Dukes, a 24-year-old Chicago man, said that the situation escalated after police confronted him and two friends outside the hospital, in Freeport.
In a Facebook post, Mr Dukes wrote that police had confronted him in a hospital gown rand accused him of planning on selling the medical equipment on eBay, before removing the IV on the sidewalk.