You can’t make up this stuff. Another case of living while black.
Shaquille Dukes was admitted to the FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport, Illinois, suffering from double pneumonia. On the advice of his doctor, Shaquille went walking around the hospital grounds still hooked up to the IV machine. What should have been a routine walk almost cost Shaquille his life. Because of racism.
From the Atlantic Black Story:
I was stopped by an overzealous, racist, security officer, who claimed that I ‘was trying to leave the hospital to sell the IV equipment on eBay.’ After a brief conversation, the guard called the police, I was advised by Sgt. Jeff Zalaznik, badge number 116, that I was being arrested for attempted theft, of the IV equipment that was clearly attached to my arm.”
He added, “My brother was arrested, and then me. Under the direction of Sgt Zalaznik, officers stood by and watched while my IV was removed on the sidewalk, and it was NOT by a doctor. I told the Sgt I was being treated for pneumonia and asthma, and his words were ‘I don’t care why you’re here, you’re going to jail’.”
He also claims he had a seizure and an asthma attack, “They took my rescue inhaler and began to transport me to the city lockup, while in transit I began to have a seizure, and subsequently am asthma attack, I pleaded with officers for almost 4 minutes to retrieve my inhaler from the transporting officer, and finally, when I became unresponsive, it miraculously appeared.”
Here, let him tell you his story:
Now let me hear you spout racist nonsense about waiting until we have all the evidence because of Jussie Smollett.
(Thanks to bonniebluesky for encouraging me to do the diary.)