What Killed Daniel Prude? The Cops and New York AG Said a Diagnosis That’s Since Been Debunked.

Daniel Prude , 41 , died in March 2020 after cops pinned him down during a drug-induced mental health crisis.

Prude was killed by something called “excited delirium” The condition is said to turn people into erratic aggressors and can supposedly lead to cardiac arrest.

In the last four years , a vast swath of the U.S. medical establishment has rejected it as a diagnosis.

Taser became one of the excited delirium theory’s biggest boosters.

The company hired experts who testified in police killing trials that the syndrome, not stun guns, caused the victims’ deaths.

Taser -backed research made its way into first responder training materials, including Taser stun guns.

The materials obtained by New York Focus and The Intercept highlight critics’ concerns.

Rochester Police Department and the Monroe County Office of Mental Health said that they don't currently offer the excited delirium training.

The group was co-founded by a former Taser -paid expert named John Peters and a Taser attorney.

The IPICD has recommended against using the term for nearly 15 years .