‘Outdated and offensive’: police in England and Wales barred from blaming restraint deaths on ‘excited delirium’

The Guardian

Lean Left

Mixed Factuality

Independent: Scott Trust Limited

‘Outdated and offensive’: police in England and Wales barred from blaming restraint deaths on ‘excited delirium’

The pseudoscientific term, made notorious by George Floyd’s murder in the US, will no longer be used by the police watchdogThe police watchdog for England and Wales has removed a controversial medical term from its incident forms after claims it plays into racist stereotypes and detracts attention from police brutality.Until now, police forces referring a death or serious incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) have been giv…