Myth of ‘superhuman strength’ in Black people persists in deadly encounters with police https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043024_superhuman_restraint/myth-superhuman-strength-black-people-persists-deadly-encounters-with-police/
“Excited delirium” is a hotly contested term often used to justify police use of force, though the term is not widely recognized by medical associations, with “superhuman strength” one of the symptoms frequently cited - but the term creates a hurdle for legal accountability.
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