15 died in Texas after medics injected them with sedatives during police encounters, an AP investigation found, raising concerns about the risky practice.
It is in effect until 6 PM Friday evening. Most of today's severe weather threat will remain north of our area.FILE - A vial of ketamine is displayed for a photograph in Chicago on July 25, 2018. An investigation by The Associated Press has found that at least 15 people died in Texas in 2012-2021 following physical encounters with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative.
The deaths were among more than 1,000 that AP's investigation documented across the United States of people who died after officers used, not their guns, but physical force or weapons such as Tasers that — like sedatives — are not meant to kill. Medical officials said police force caused or contributed to about half of all deaths.
Texas was among the states with the most sedation cases, according to the investigation, which the AP did in collaboration with FRONTLINE and the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism. The most common drug used in Texas during the incidents was midazolam, a sedative that is better known by its brand name Versed. Eight cases involved injections of the drug, including one in 2018 in which a paramedic rapidly gave two doses to a man who was restrained by officers in Bastrop.
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