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Washington AG to announce whether officers will be charged in death of Manuel Ellis
By Q13 News Staff
Tacoma mayor says officers involved in Manuel Ellis` death should be fired, prosecuted
TACOMA, Wash. - Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson s office will announce a charging decision in its review of the death of Manuel ‘Manny’ Ellis on May 27.
Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, was killed in Tacoma police custody March of 2020. Ellis was put into a chokehold and restrained by several officers while in police custody on a residential street in Tacoma. An investigation later determined he told officers at the scene that he couldn t breathe.
State Attorney General charges three officers for death of Manuel Ellis
Candles and signs are seen during a vigil for Manuel Ellis. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
The state Attorney General’s Office announced Thursday that it has filed felony charges against three Tacoma police officers in the death of Manuel Ellis.
Ellis died in Tacoma while in police custody on March 3, 2020. An autopsy by the Pierce County Medical Examiner concluded the death a homicide, but found drugs and a heart condition also contributed to Ellis’ death.
Two officers Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins have been charged with second-degree murder, while a third, Timothy Rankine, was charged with first-degree manslaughter charges. In total, six officers were involved.
Police identify pedestrian killed in I-5 crash, one truck driver cited
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 1 hr ago Josephine Peterson, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
May 8 The Washington State Patrol has identified the 63-year-old man who was struck by two cars on Friday morning while crossing northbound lanes of Interstate-5 near Fife.
William Gladue from Tacoma was walking on the northbound shoulder of Interstate-5 near 70th Avenue East around 3:50 a.m., when he walked or ran across the lanes, Trooper Robert Reyer said.
He was struck by a car in the far left lane, and the impact pushed him into a second lane, where a second car hit him.
by Tim Gruver, The Center Square | April 22, 2021 08:00 AM Print this article
By law, Washington police must stop excessive force wherever they see it, but a bill passed by the state legislature would make that law a workplace policy.
Sponsored by state Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, Senate Bill 5066 makes it a police officer s duty to intervene, physically or otherwise, when their peers use excessive force or other wrongdoing contrary to law or department policy. The bill would give police agencies until 2022 to hammer out written policies detailing such duties and provide related training. Those policies will be subject to review by the state Criminal Justice Training Commission.