Michael Olveda

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

Olveda, unarmed, stood screaming outside of his brother's apartment. An officer asked Olveda for identification. Olveda became angry at the officer. Four officers, empty-handed, wrestled Olveda to the ground and handcuffed him. Olveda stopped breathing and died. The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office found that Olveda, who had only nonfatal injuries from the struggle, died of excited delirium caused by cocaine intoxication.

Why we remember them

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

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