The move comes as two Aurora paramedics face felony charges for giving Elijah McClain, an unarmed, innocent Black man, an overdose of ketamine, in part, because they believed he was suffering from the condition.

Colorado’s law enforcement officers will no longer recognize “excited delirium” after a state regulatory board voted to strike the controversial diagnosis on Friday from all training documents starting in January.

The move, which was passed at the state Peace Officers Standards and Training board meeting unanimously and without debate, comes as two Aurora paramedics face felony charges for giving Elijah McClain, an unarmed, innocent Black man, an overdose of ketamine, in part, because they believed he was suffering from the condition.

  • @masquenox
    10•10 months ago

    For potentially violent spaces we look to police.

    In other words… you’re looking to the people most likely to cause the violence.

      • @masquenox
        2•10 months ago

        Well… that’s the crux of the problem, isn’t it?

          • @masquenox
            1•10 months ago

            You mean you get a choice?

            If you do, I’d suggest not trusting a violent institution that was perfectly fascist in nature long before Mussolini coined the term.

            Of course… I know you don’t. That’s the whole point of police, isn’t it? They are forced upon us no matter what we think.