OpinionJune 20, 2024
How George Floyd’s Death Exposed a Fake Syndrome: ‘Excited Delirium’
A completely fabricated condition, crafted from racist medical biases, still corrupts the criminal justice system today
Stories by Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús
Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús is Olden Street Professor of American Studies and chair of the Effron Center for the Study of America at Princeton University, where she also co-directs the Center on Transnational Policing. She is the author of Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence and the Invention of a Disease.