Arrested Teen Saves Life Of Police Officer Booking Him Into Jail

On the wrong side of the law, but a hero by almost any other measure.
That’s the short story of Jamal Rutledge, a 17-year-old who saved the life of a Florida police officer in September, when he called for help after the officer clutched his chest and collapsed while booking Rutledge into jail. The teen, and several responding officers, will be publicly recognized at a ceremony Jan. 21.
Surveillance video of the incident shows Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Franklin Foulks clutch his chest and fall to the ground while doing paperwork in the Fort Lauderdale Police Department Booking Facility, as Rutledge — who’d already been detained — looks on.
Rutledge approached the officer, realized the severity of his condition and “immediately began to kick the security fence and yell to alert officers in the area,”police said in a statement.
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