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Dorothy Tillman arrested in Alabama
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| Last Edited | COSDem Mar 03, 2008 02:43pm |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Sun-Times |
| News Date | Monday, March 3, 2008 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former Chicago Ald. Dorothy Tillman says she was the victim of excessive force after police in Alabama arrested her Sunday morning for trespassing at the hospital where her aging aunt was seeking care.
"They pointed a Taser at my heart, they threw me down," she said, noting that she was donning one of her signature hats and it flew off as police and security guards cuffed her arms and legs before taking her to jail.
Police in her native Montgomery, Ala., along with Jackson Hospital officials, confirmed she was arrested in the emergency room. Tillman refused to leave, they said.
Hospital officials are talking with on-duty staff and reviewing security tapes to determine what happened.
Of his officers involved in the arrest, Montgomery police Lt. Ron Cook said: "To my knowledge at this time, we did not brutalize her in any way."
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