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July 3, 2019

Black Patient Who Was Arrested for Taking a Walk While Hooked Up to an IV Speaks Out
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A black patient who was arrested outside an Illinois hospital last month
is speaking out about his experience. Twenty-four-year-old Shaquille
Dukes and his partner and brother were arrested while they were taking a
walk near the hospital where Dukes was being treated for pneumonia. This
was despite the fact that he was wearing a hospital gown and had an IV
drip in his arm at the time. In a Facebook post, Dukes said a hospital
security guard called the police and accused him of stealing the IV
equipment to resell on e Bay. Dukes has since filed a complaint for
"unfair and biased conduct by responding officers."


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