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Into the back of the squad i told him i was there for pneumonia and asthma. he asked the sergeant who said no transport me to jail. i blacked out, when i came to, i was having an asthma attack. at that point officers came out, another patrolman came out, i said, i need my inhaler, i can t breathe. she said, where is it? at that point that s when he stepped forward and presented the inhaler, at that point the paramedics were arriving, and that s when they removed me out of the car and transported me back to jail. so again, they re investigating, why do you think this is about the color of your skin? just, you know, there s no other clear indication what this could be about. i mean, like seriously, what else could this be. he posed no threat whatsoever. had he simply even attempted to ....
Response team, they re safe. now saying that there niece addition threat or victim inside the location and then moving to the investigation and continues. a lot of questions we have. we also learned something sbl interesting where the officer said there was no exchange of gun fire when the suspect was apprehended. you can t read 100% into that. it s possible that the suspect ran out of ammunition and no longer had a method of engaging the officers but if he gave up that s telling because, you know, in these situations we determine the motive d. he think he could live through this and tell his story or his last day on the face of the earth? we don t know. at some point officers will have to present this person before a judge so this is a critical time to conduct that interrogation to gather as much information as they can. they said no gun fire exchanges between the shooter and local police when the shooter was apprehended. what would it say to you if that so-called explosive device a ....
Of foot chase and during the course of that foot chase at the end of the foot chase perhaps this officer was shot. local reporter there with wmaq citing a law enforcement source said that the officer is dead. we have not been able to independently confirm that. but again, i mean, at this point we know that schools are on lockdown. train service to this particular community has also been partially shut down. just to give you some idea of where this is in relationship to chicago, fox lake about 60 miles northwest of chicago. it s about an hour north west of chicago. very close to the wisconsin line. we also heard that the officer s weapon and pepper spray, both of those things were taken off of the officer. but again, at this point officers in that area, this massive man hunt that s under way, you re looking at video that was taken just moments ago and you can see some of the law enforcement officers on the ground there, helicopters, ....
if you look around the video, there are houses everywhere. his job is not just to protect his life but that threat does not pose imminent danger on the public around him. at that point, he did. the officer, at the point where he started to back up and good night put his hand back in his pocket he should have in my view shot the suspect. remember you are eliminating the threat. that is the biggest thing here. this individual is alive because this officer showed great restraint, but he went in my opinion, he went too far. his training did not tell him to do that. the guy did not get shot. i think it s the wrong point to make. is there a point officers can no longer retreat. that s the big point here. that was former navy seal former fbi agent jonathan gilliam. now to a developing story in ....