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The trial of Auburn police officer Jeff Nelson is underway nearly five years after the shooting death of Jesse Sarey, 26, outside a convenience store.

The trial of Auburn police officer Jeff Nelson is underway nearly five years after the shooting death of Jesse Sarey, 26, outside a convenience store.

Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died facedown with his hands and feet cuffed together behind him in March 2020 in a case that became a touchstone for racial justice demonstrations in the Pacific Northwest.

A jury in Pierce County, Washington found three Tacoma Police Department officers not guilty on Dec. 21 of the 2020 killing of Manuel Ellis. Ellis, ag

A jury found three police officers charged in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Tacoma, Washington man who was beaten, shocked and hogtied face down on a sidewalk, not guilty of all charges.

The Attorney General's prior attempt to frame Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer in a racially charged case also fell flat.

‘This is a situation where he created his own death,’ defence attorney Wayne Fricke tells court

A jury found three police officers charged in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Tacoma, Washington man who was beaten, shocked and hogtied facedown on a sidewalk, not guilty of all charges.

One of the dozens of victims of the so-called Green River Killer in the Pacific Northwest, a teenager who was last seen in 1982, has been finally identified through DNA testing.

Manuel Ellis was addicted to methamphetamine, and it caused him to be violent, unpredictable, and paranoid, said Wayne Fricke, who represents Tacoma police Officer Christopher Burbank.