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[–] njm1314 23 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

If you never looked into what excited delirium is, or at least what it's claimed to be, it's a wild fucking ride. It's a rabbit hole that you probably should not go down but I still recommend trying.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excited_delirium

tl;dr: "Excited delirium" is a thing that was made up, is not a real thing, and is used by medical examiners to excuse police for murdering (usually non-white) people.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 weeks ago

Oh, so its like 'body language experts' and 'polygraphs', more fun, scientifically baseless nonsense.

[–] Zoomboingding 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Wait so when someone says "I can't breathe," they have excited delirium, which is a 'condition' that kills you... A condition that the cops caused...

How is that better?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

It's "better" because then the ME doesn't have to write "excessive force by police" on the line next to "Cause of death."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

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