Antioch City Settles Wrongful Death Claim For .5 Million Antioch settles .5 million wrongful death claim after man dies following police restraint. Autopsy cites Excited Delirium Syndrome as cause of death. Top News · May 16, 2024
California becomes first state to ban use of ‘excited delirium’ as cause of death State prohibits the pseudoscientific diagnosis authorities have frequently cited to justify killings at hands of law enforcement The Guardian - US · Oct 10, 2023
Many coroners have no medical background “A coroner doesn’t have to ever have taken a science class in their life." Salon · Dec 22, 2022
The official who investigates suspicious deaths in your town may be a doctor — or not When a group of physicians gathered in Washington state for an annual meeting, one made a startling revelation: If you ever want to know when, how — and where — to kill someone, I can tell you, and you’ll get away with it. No problem. Tribune News Service · Dec 22, 2022
Civil rights lawyer John Burris confronts police narratives Civil rights lawyer John Burris is Northern California's go-to attorney when it comes to police brutality The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022