Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease by Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús

Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease

Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús

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In 1980, Charles Wetli---a Miami-based medical examiner and self-proclaimed “cult expert” of Afro-Caribbean religions---identified what he called “excited delirium syndrome.” Soon, medical examiners began using the syndrome regularly to describe t...

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