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OPTIONAL The Untold Story Podcast: Travon Unravels the Racist Roots of Excited Delirium

Prof. Nina Chernoff

In this episode, host Travon Free uncovers the racist roots of the debunked medical term “excited delirium.” A study from Maryland in 2017 found that excited delirium was referenced in 11 percent of cases where someone died in police custody. And when these cases go to court, the concept of excited delirium can be used to argue that the police did nothing wrong. How did TASER, a couple of doctors and a handful of so-called experts take a meaningless psychiatric term and get it picked up by police departments, medical professionals and courtrooms all over the country?

OPTIONAL The Untold Story Podcast: Travon Unravels the Racist Roots of Excited Delirium

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