California has enacted a first-of-its-kind law banning the medical and legal use of “excited delirium,” a term often cited as a cause of death that many experts believe is racially motivated and used ...

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WASHINGTON — A leading doctors group on Thursday formally withdrew its approval of a 2009 paper on “excited delirium,” a document that critics say has been used to justify excessive force by police.

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SACRAMENTO — California is the first state to ban doctors and medical examiners from attributing deaths to the controversial diagnosis known as “excited delirium,” which a human rights activist hailed ...

SAN DIEGO — Police departments and defense attorneys for law enforcement agencies throughout California can no longer use Excited Delirium as a justification for in-custody deaths. On October 9, ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A new 95-page report has concluded that "excited delirium," a purportedly lethal state of extreme agitation commonly cited in connection to death while in police custody, "is ...

A leading doctors group on Thursday formally withdrew its approval of a 2009 paper on “excited delirium,” a document that critics say has been used to justify excessive force by police. Subscribe to ...

(CNN) — George Floyd, Elijah McClain, Daniel Prude – and now D’Vontaye Mitchell – all share something beyond being Black men who died at the hands of public safety personnel: Authorities described the ...