A 17-year-old boy whose arrest in the south suburbs last week went viral on social media was released from the hospital Monday and immediately taken into custody by the Oak Lawn Police Department.
A 17-year-old boy whose arrest in the south suburbs last week went viral on social media was released from the hospital Monday and immediately taken into custody by theOn July 27, 2022, Hadi Abuatelah of Palos Hills was in a vehicle that was pulled over after officers smelled "burnt cannabis" emanating from the car near Southwest Highway and Austin Avenue in Oak Lawn. Police dashcam video shows Abuatelah run from officers just as one of them was going to pat him down.
The family of Abuatelah says the teen suffered a broken nose, bruising throughout his body and bleeding near his brain, and was hospitalized as a result.Chaos and outrage followed a viral physical altercation between a 17-year-old and Oak Lawn police. "Once we found out he was being released from the hospital and into the custody of the officers who brutally attacked him, we scrambled to come down and show our support," said Sankari.
On Monday evening, family, friends, and supporters of the teen gathered outside of the police department – expressing outrage that Abuatelah is still in custody.
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