Emergency physicians withdraw support for 'excited delirium,' a condition based on discredited research and racial biases that has absolved police of culpability.
Brooks Walsh hadn’t questioned whether “excited delirium syndrome” was a legitimate medical diagnosis before the high-profile police killings of Elijah McClain
"This means if someone dies while being restrained in custody… people can't point to excited delirium as the reason and can't point to ACEP's endorsement of the concept to bolster their case."