Demetrio Jackson was desperate for medical help when the paramedics arrived.

The 43-year-old was surrounded by police who arrested him after responding to a trespassing call in a Wisconsin parking lot. Officers had shocked him with a Taser and pinned him as he pleaded that he couldn’t breathe. Now he sat on the ground with hands cuffed behind his back and took in oxygen through a mask.

Then, officers moved Jackson to his side so a medic could inject him with a potent knockout drug.

“It’s just going to calm you down,” an officer assured Jackson. Within minutes, Jackson’s heart stopped. He never regained consciousness and died two weeks later.

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    6 months ago

    Versed, doesn’t that make you forget things, my ex-wife used to work in a surgery center and she said when patients wake up in the middle of surgery they would get an extra dose of versed and never remember it happened.

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      Yeah, it can be and often is used to induce retrograde amnesia, where you don’t remember what happened while under the effects of the drug. In EMS, it’s mostly used for stopping seizures, though it’s also used for the sedative qualities.