[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : More on the “excited delirium” controversy: 29 people have died in the custody of the Miami Police Department over the past decade from “excited delirium syndrome,” including more than a third involving the use of tasers on the victims. The ACLU says it is being used to shield overaggressive police tactics. […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : Case of an in-custody death caused by “excited delirium” – without any use of a taser. Jesse Avina Morales, 21, died after what police say was a 16-minute struggle with corrections officers. The County ruled the cause of death as excited delirium with hypertensive heart disease. Neither the Centers for Disease […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: (No taser involved here.) The December 2012 death of David Garza, 43, has been ruled a homicide, caused by a cocaine-induced excited delirium, or an overdose of adrenaline to his heart by the medical examiner’s office. He also died of possible asphyxia, as his ribs broke while struggling with a South Side […]