) displayed in the Say Their Names memorial exhibit at Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade on July 20, 2021 in San Diego, California. The traveling memorial featured photographs of 200 Black Americans who lost their lives due to systemic racism and racial injustice and was sponsored by the San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art.On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was arrested for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill to buy cigarettes in Minneapolis.
As a result, people increased their scrutiny of excited delirium syndrome. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the American Civil Liberties Union argued that excited delirium serves as a medical scapegoat for police abuse and isWorld Health Organizationreported in 2018 that a review of studies found that more than 10 percent of deaths in police custody that year were attributed to excited delirium.
Anderson’s death was essentially attributed to excited delirium syndrome without the use of the term. Just this past April,.” Similar to Floyd, Tyson was suffocated while handcuffed, subdued and on the ground, complaining of being unable to breathe.