Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police have removed the term 'excited delirium' after recent progressive studies have deemed it 'racist and unscientific.'
SAN FRANCISCO DEFUNDED THE POLICE BEFORE REVERSING COURSE THE NEXT YEAR AMID CALLS FOR 'ACCOUNTABILITY'Because the term is often used to describe in-custody deaths that could stem from police brutality, the term has been scrutinized by left-wing reformers. Progressive studies have argued that the term is disproportionally applied to Black and Brown people.
National Association of Medical Examiners have all rejected the use of the term as medically invalid. A progressive nonprofit called Physicians for Human Rights went a step further and argued that the term"cannot be disentangled from its racist and unscientific origins," according to a March 2022 study. BPD's decision was likely influenced by outrage over the death of Angelo Quinto, a Navy veteran in Northern California who died in 2020 after his neck wasfor 5 minutes. His death was described as being a result of"excited delirium.
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