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Where in the world did you hear that Elijah McClain was having a drug overdose before the police showed up?!

No one has said that. You are fabricating.

I did get this from Wikipedia, 'After McClain was restrained more officers arrived and audio of the conversation records them saying that McClain was "acting crazy", that he was "definitely on something", and that he had attacked them with "incredible, crazy strength" when they tried to restrain him.'

They did not use the words, 'he was on drugs', but there is a strong implication based on the audio that this is what the police were claiming.

I said that's what ketamine is used for. I never said he was on drugs, as I do not know that. I only said that it's not normal to need a bunch of people to hold someone down.

> It's used as a treatment for drug overdoses ("excited delerium") which appears to be why it was used here.

Why does it “appear” that way?

Please edit your post rather than spreading misinformation.

Those on the scene certainly thought this was the case, which is basically the only reason they use that drug in the first place in the context of an arrest. I don't claim to know one way or another whether they were right, but I would note that dying of a heart attack is inconsistent with ketamine as the cause.

Maybe they gave him too much, but the article leaves one to conclude that this was somehow related to his death even though it never actually says so.

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