Carlos Ocana

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

Ocano was known to Skid Row LAPD as a mentally ill "climber," in this case he climbed to the top of a billboard on top of a one-story building dangling his legs over the edge. Police set up air mattresses to break Ocano's fall then offered Ocano a cigarette if he'd come down. He came down, smoked the cigarette, then attempted to climb back up the billboard. He was immediately tasered, lost his grip and fell to his death, missing the air mattress that had been set up to break his fall.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Carlos Ocana, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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