Charging decision on Tacoma officers involved in Manuel Ellis’ death to come by April Stacia Glenn, The News Tribune
A decision about whether Tacoma police officers will face criminal charges for the death of Manuel Ellis is expected by April, according to the Washington State Attorney General’s Office.
The State Patrol turned over its 2,169-page investigation in November.
That’s how the public learned that a fifth officer had been involved in restraining Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man who died from lack of oxygen March 3 after a moments-long struggle with police. Video captured him telling officers, “I can’t breathe, sir, I can’t breathe,” shortly before losing consciousness.’
Stacia Glenn: Charging decision on Tacoma officers involved in Manuel Ellis death to come by April
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2/24/2021 Stacia Glenn, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Feb. 24 A decision about whether Tacoma police officers will face criminal charges for the death of Manuel Ellis is expected by April, according to the Washington State Attorney General s Office.
The State Patrol turned over its 2,169-page investigation in November.
That s how the public learned that a fifth officer had been involved in restraining Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man who died from lack of oxygen March 3 after a moments-long struggle with police. Video captured him telling officers, I can t breathe, sir, I can t breathe, shortly before losing consciousness.
Stacia Glenn: 2-year-old killed in Tacoma house fire has been identified
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2/8/2021 Stacia Glenn, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Feb. 8 A 2-year-old boy who died in a Tacoma house fire has been identified.
Firefighters on Wednesday found Adam Lee Hendricks upstairs in his family s home in the 2000 block of East Columbia Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Pierce County Medical Examiner s Office has not determined a cause of death.
The fire started about 1:40 p.m. on the second-floor of the house. When firefighters arrived, they could see smoke and flames coming from upstairs and were told somebody might be trapped inside.
Full investigation of Manuel Ellis’ death casts new doubts on Tacoma officers’ stories By Patrick Malone, The Seattle Times
Published: February 3, 2021, 11:30am
Share: Jeremy Dashiell visits a mural honoring Manuel Ellis in Tacoma. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times/TNS)
TACOMA Three days after Manuel Ellis died of oxygen deprivation after a chance meeting in a dark intersection with Tacoma police, an officer involved in the minutes-long chaotic scrum said he never noticed Ellis struggling to breathe.
“Not that I recall,” Tacoma police Officer Christopher Burbank told a detective investigating Ellis’ death. “No.”
But eyewitness statements and video recordings of the March 3 incident later surfaced, showing that Ellis said he couldn’t breathe at least four times three of them in Burbank’s presence.