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Brooks Walsh hadn’t questioned whether “excited delirium syndrome” was a legitimate medical diagnosis before the high-profile police killings of Elijah McClain in Colorado in 2019 and George Floyd in Minnesota in 2020. The emergency physician in Bridgeport,...

Brooks Walsh hadn’t questioned whether “excited delirium syndrome” was a legitimate medical diagnosis before the high-profile police killings of Elijah McClain in Colorado in 2019 and George Floyd in Minnesota

Brooks Walsh hadn’t questioned whether “excited delirium syndrome” was a legitimate medical diagnosis before the high-profile police killings of Elijah McClain in Colorado in 2019 and George Floyd in Minnesota

One medical association still hadn’t disavowed its report that gave excited delirium much of its legitimacy — until this month.

The medical condition — widely debunked by medical associations — has played a key role in absolving police of culpability.

The American College of Emergency Physicians agreed to withdraw its 2009 white paper on excited delirium, removing the only official medical pillar of support left for the theory that has played a key role in absolving police of culpability for in-custody deaths.

American College of Emergency Physicians agreed to withdraw its 2009 research paper on excited delirium, the only official medical pillar of support left for theory.

Emergency physicians withdraw support for 'excited delirium,' a condition based on discredited research and racial biases that has absolved police of culpability.