'Rooted In Anti-Black Racism,' Minnesota Lawmakers Refuse To Ban Police Use Of ‘Excited Delirium’ With In-Custody Deaths | Atlanta Daily World
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Despite growing scrutiny and widespread condemnation, Minnesota lawmakers have failed to ban the use of the term “excited delirium” by law enforcement. This decision perpetuates the use of a diagnosis that has been widely discredited and criticized as a pseudoscientific and racist excuse to justify the deaths of individuals in police custody. For decades, police … Continued

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Despite growing scrutiny and widespread condemnation, Minnesota lawmakers have failed to ban the use of the term “excited delirium” by law enforcement. This decision perpetuates the use of a diagnosis that has been widely discredited and criticized as a pseudoscientific and racist excuse to justify the deaths of individuals in police custody. For decades, police … Continued

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  • WraithGear@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    27 days ago

    Wait, i don’t understand how “excited delirium” could be used to justify a death in custody? Like the police control the environment, and access to medical, and water. Any case of excited delirium i would think would immediately require a pulling of all video footage, and leads to criminal negligence charged in almost every case.