Naked Man Tased By Chicago Police: 'He's So Lucky, Bro' (VIDEO)

CHICAGO, IL — Police officers needed to use a Taser to subdue a naked man who appeared to be covered in blood in during an incident Monday night in the Irving Park neighborhood. The confrontation — which happened just before 7:30 p.m. near North Drave Avenue and Grace Street — was recorded by a witness and posted online.

In the video posted to Live Leak, bystanders are heard trying to calm down the man as police arrive, telling him to relax as he paces the sidewalk and yells back. Once a patrol car rolls up to the area, the man, described as being in his 20s, rushes the officers, who are seen using a Taser on him. The man falls to the street from the stun gun and remains sitting there as a police van pulls up. Witnesses can be heard yelling at the man and officers during the incident. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news for Chicago — or your neighborhood. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)

"This is a time when you shoot people!" one bystander says.

"I can't watch someone get shot," another witness says.

The man is Tased again after getting up off the ground and advancing toward an officer who exits the van. He stays on his back as the video ends, and a witness is heard saying: "He's so lucky, bro."

WATCH: Chicago police officers use a Taser on a naked man in the Irving Park neighborhood Monday. Harsh language and NSFW content. Viewer discretion advised.

According to police, the man was taken to a nearby hospital for a mental evaluation, and charges were not pending against him. No officers were hurt in the confrontation, police said.

In response to a U.S. Department of Justice investigation by President Barack Obama's outgoing administration, the city has changed the way first-responders from the city handle incidents involving individuals suffering from mental illness. Chicago police officers, paramedics, firefighters and other emergency workers will be receiving additional training in order to be able to better identify these situations and properly deal with them.

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The call for improved crisis intervention training also came after the Chicago Police Department had been criticized in the 2015 fatal shooting of Quintonio LeGrier, a 19-year-old Northwest Illinois University engineering student who was killed on the West Side when officers responded to a 911 call alleging LeGrier had been threatening his father. Bettie Jones, a 55-year-old grandmother, also was accidentally shot and killed in the incident when she opened the door for police and was standing behind LeGrier when gunfire erupted.

In February, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office decided not to file criminal charges against Officer Robert Rialmo in the Dec. 26, 2015, shooting after prosecutors were unable to find sufficient evidence that he didn't act in self-defense in the shooting. Rialmo claimed he opened fire because LeGrier was swinging a metal bat at him.

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At the time, prosecutors said their investigation only determined if Rialmo's conduct was unlawful, not if he had violated police procedures or should be disciplined by the department. The Jones and LeGrier families filed wrongful death civil lawsuits against the City of Chicago in January of 2016. Rialmo filed a a $10 million counterclaim in February of 2016.

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