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 ...

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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DENVER — In 2017, during a six-month stretch, the bodies of two men who died in law enforcement custody arrived at the Adams County Coroner’s Office for autopsies. Both men were restrained facedown ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the federal trial unfolding in St. Paul for three former Minneapolis officers charged in connection with George Floyd's killing ...