Canadian coroners starting to reject excited delirium as cause of police-related deaths

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As a coroner's jury takes their seats Monday in the inquest into the death of Myles Gray, they may hear arguments that his death was the result of something called excited delirium, and not the actions of Vancouver police officers. "review of cases described as excited delirium in the scientific literature suggests the term is almost exclusively used when police are restraining a person with handcuffs, hobbles (leg restraints) or other forms of physical force, and death was most likely to result when the restraint was especially aggressive. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges

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