What a way to go?

[supergee]

Excited delirium coincidentally strikes those who are being Tased, hogtied, or otherwise restrained by the police. For some reason, it is considered more credible by police than by doctors.

Thanx to Avedon's Sideshow.

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[snippy]

I have a good friend, who is trustworthy, who has seen a few cases of excited delirium. It is evident on arrival, and is usually the reason someone has called the cops-they could not handle or trust the relative or friend who is acting in excited delirium, and may even be afraid of them. The police are not well trained for these situations, and one thing he has worked on is developing training to respond without risk of death for the person or the officers.

[supergee]

I didn't know that. I still assume that it is overdiagnosed by the police.