What Is ‘Excited Delirium’?: Harvard Study Debunks Go-to Diagnosis Used to Explain Deaths of Black Men Detained By Police
The syndrome excited delirium has been often used to increase force against people in police custody and justify their deaths, but a new study by Harvard doctors has outed it for its racist roots, its lack of scientific basis and its disproportionate use against Black people. A Berkeley Law professor found out of 166 people reported…
