Patient tasered by police after hospital discharge, Chicago IL


After being discharged from the emergency room near Illinois Masonic Medical Center, a patient was tasered by police officers following a nurse's call. Additional units and a supervisor were requested to respond to the scene near West Wellington Ave.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 02
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Transcript:
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All right, I'm getting a call that some officers just tasered, that patient that was discharged in ER.
00:08
Can I get some units back near West Wellington Ave, and request for a supervisor?
00:18
Swett, who's calling this in? Someone named (name withheld) requiring,
00:26
she said she was a nurse, (name withheld), in ER.
00:31
6-7, David, we're on the corner, we'll go to the federal.
00:34
6-7, David, 10-4.
00:36
All right, are there any other offices on scene that discharge or taser?
00:46
3-4-no, taser was discharged by CPD, security at advocate unholstered their taser, but was never deployed.
01:00
6.7 Davis.
01:02
6.7 Davis.
01:05
Can you read the naked again?
01:09
The second ticket, this ticket requesting a supervisor requesting office, says the officers tasered a discharged patient.
01:28
I think there's a huge misunderstanding over here.
01:33
There's no stuff any over here.
01:35
There's a discharge nurse that we were speaking to and no one was paced over here.
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