Shaquille Dukes said he doesn't want financial compensation for being handcuffed outside a hospital where he was a patient, clothed in a hospital gown with an IV drip in his arm. He just wants to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else.
Dukes went for a walk on June 9 outside FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport, Illinois, with his brother and boyfriend after being hospitalized for pneumonia.The 24-year-old black man was wearing a hospital gown and an IV drip in his arm when a security guard called out to them and asked what they were doing, he said. Dukes raised his arm to show that he was a patient, he said.
"And it's clear it won't happen without some outside oversight."The Freeport Police Department confirmed that Dukes filed a complaint"alleging unfair and biased conduct by responding officers." The department said it has retained a third-party investigator to"gather the facts, interview all parties involved, and determine whether officers conducted themselves in adherence to department policies and guidelines.
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