Black man goes for a walk with IV on doc's orders. Gets arrested for "stealing an IV"

[CousinIT]

Yea. It happened. This is NOT "The Onion". This shit is getting more RIDICULOUS by the day.

Link to tweet

https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190617/man-arrested-while-attached-to-iv-machine-says-he-was-racially-profiled

Dukes, 24, who has lived in Freeport for about a month, said he had been in the hospital for two days with pneumonia when his doctor cleared him to go for a walk outside, as long as he didn’t leave hospital property. Dukes, his brother and another person went for a walk just after 4 p.m. on June 9, but were stopped in the parking lot on their way back into the hospital, Dukes said.

The security officer, who has not been named, demanded that Dukes and his companions walk over to his vehicle parked on the side of the street. The security guard, employed by FHN, then accused Dukes of attempting to steal the hospital equipment, according to Dukes.

“He had gotten out of his vehicle and said, ‘What are you going to do, steal that and sell it on eBay?’” Dukes said. “I told him, ‘This machine is pumping fluid into my veins as we speak.’”

FACEBUTT link (yea sorry - I HATE FACEBUTT so that's what I call it): https://www.facebook.com/shaquille.dukes.52/posts/2226679180783666

[riversedge]

1. The police actually removed his IV and took his inhaler.

.....Dukes said once he was arrested, the IV was removed from his arm and his rescue inhaler was seized.

“Eventually while I was being transported, I passed out and had a seizure,” Dukes said. “When I woke up in the back of the car, I had an asthma attack. I didn’t get my inhaler until probably four minutes later.”

Schroeder said the IV was removed by a professionally-trained FHN employee and that police followed the proper protocol when they realized Dukes was having a medical event.

“An ambulance was summoned for him and he was taken back to the hospital,” Schroeder said. “If we notice an arrestee or detainee is under medical stress, we’re going to get medical attention for them and that’s exactly what officers did in this case.”

FHN released the following statement in response to the video: “We are looking into this but as of now, it is a police matter.”

[malaise]

5. That could have killed him

Hope he sues the pants off these racists.

[yardwork]

18. The police kidnapped a patient from the hospital campus.

I sincerely hope that the hospital sues the police department.

[Vinca]

22. The lawyers must be lined up around the block near this guy's house.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Fucking Keystone cops

[Aristus]

3. Cops are pigs. And that's how I'm going to think of them from now on.

Unless a cop can prove to me that he's one of the "good ones."

[Flaleftist]

4. The incompetence of some officers never ceases to amaze me.

Of course, this may have played out differently if the patient was white.

[Lars39]

7. More like malevolence instead of incompetence.

[Wounded Bear]

16. "May" have played out differently?

[Flaleftist]

23. Would have. Happy now?

[gtar100]

6. A police matter...sure, more like a *stupid cops*police matter.

They arrested Dukes on the word of another person who made an assumption about what he saw. Dukes said he was out walking on his doctor's orders. They should have gone to the hospital to ask the doctor. But it's so much easier to act like imbeciles and arrest him. Dukes then passes out due to medical complications.

Imbeciles. Especially the security guard who could have verified with the doctor (he could have avoided all this nonsense by calling to the hospital to find out). And saying this I'm giving wide latitude to these jokers who are unqualified for their jobs. Dukes had the IV in him at the time. He deserved at least the benefit of the doubt.

They must have been blinded by his black skin. It often causes loss of reasoning and understanding in racists. All these cops are showing symptoms. Not one of them said, maybe they should call his doctor before taking his IV out.

The article stated the police said Dukes was "uncivil" and charged him with "disorderly conduct". I'll believe that when I see a video of Dukes being "uncivil" before the police came. If they can't manage a situation with a man with an IV in his arm and wearing a hospital gown, dragging a big machine around on coasters, then what good are they.

In their defense, maybe they were afraid Dukes was going to run away and they wouldn't be able to catch him.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. I wouldn't be able to be 'civil' if an idiot detained me when I'm clearly a patient

in the hospital he works in, and clearly have an IV in. I'd be swearing, calling him an idiot, and, if I were black and he white, I'd be calling him a racist too, because it's the obvious conclusion.

They put his life at risk. They should be sacked, and he deserves compensation.

[somaticexperiencing]

8. In the land where cops shoot and strangle people to death and then get off in court.

In the land where cops shoot and strangle people to death and then get off in court, I guess taking someone's IV, that they are clearly using at that time, doesn't seem to be such a big thing.

Outrageous.

These actions must be punished, and punished severely, so that police think twice before committing such hate crimes.

[Takket]

9. that stupid ass cop thought he stole an IV IN A HOSPITAL GOWN??????????????????

[Iggo]

13. No, they thought he was an easy target.

That's who they are.

That's what they do.

[rurallib]

27. That is he part that gets me. Did the cop think this guy went to all

the trouble of dressing in a fucking hospital gown so he could make the theft of the IV stand look less suspicious? Now, that is some kind of planning for stealing an IV stand.
ETA - and he stuck an IV line into his arm to look less suspicious?

Methinks this cop won't be heading to the detective job.

[IADEMO2004]

30. And a patient ID wrist band FFS!!!!!!!!!

[treestar]

10. With the hospital gown on and the IV attached

They could at least have checked with the doctor first.

[CousinIT]

12. I know, right?

This situation is INSANELY stupid.

[ck4829]

25. +1

[Jake Stern]

11. A call to the nurse's station would have cleared this up quickly

But that would deny the rent-a-cop his chance to act like a big man.

[LiberalFighter]

14. I'm to the point that if the security cop was legally executed for this I would be fine.

They are getting away with too much and don't give a crap.

[AllyCat]

17. Sounds like Freeport, sadly.

[aeromanKC]

19. $$$

Sue and demand officer is fired.

[pangaia]

20. Security guy and those asshole cops should have needles stuck in their veins and then....

Welp, I'll leave it at that.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

21. Rent-a-Cop, not a real police officer.

One would think a hospital's own security guards would be well trained in recognizing valid patient movements out for a walk with standard medical equipment on hospital property.

But, Nooooooooooooo. It would be best not to assume that as fact.

Clear case of driving an illegal IV cart while black...........

I can imagine any citizen reacting very negatively to the absurdity of this event, and then the city (real) cops followed up with even more crazy shit and arrested everyone in sight (three total). Cooler heads did not prevail.

Let's hope FHN and City of Freeport are both called to account.......

[ck4829]

24. K&R

[madaboutharry]

26. I can not believe this level of racism and stupidity.

Oh, wait. Sure I can.

[Croney]

28. Oh yeah, he was going to sell it on eBay.

I looked at completed listings for a used IV pole, and those suckers can go for thirty bucks.

Let's pretend we're sick, get admitted, and sneak out with that gold mine.

[Hotler]

29. Fucking cops. Fucking rental cops. nt