Three Tacoma police officers have been charged in the death of Manuel Ellis, 33. Christopher Burbank, 35, and Matthew Collins, 38, face second-degree murder and Timothy Rankine, 32, faces with first-degree manslaughter.
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Question of the Day Marcia Carter-Patterson, right, the mother of Manuel Manny Ellis, stands with her son and Ellis’ brother Matthew, left, as she speaks Thursday, May 27, 2021, at a news conference in Tacoma, Wash., south of Seattle. Ellis died on March 3, . more > By Gene Johnson - Associated Press - Friday, May 28, 2021
SEATTLE (AP) Five weeks after ex-Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd, three Washington state officers have been charged in the death of Manuel Ellis: another Black man who pleaded for breath under an officer’s knee.
Manuel Ellis yelled, Can t breathe, before dying in police restraints. Three officers now face charges.
Jaclyn Peiser, The Washington Post
May 28, 2021
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The headquarters for the Tacoma Police Department is shown Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Tacoma, Wash., south of Seattle. The Washington state attorney general on Thursday charged two Tacoma police officers with murder and another with manslaughter in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died after repeatedly telling officers he couldn t breathe as he was being restrained on March 3, 2020, in Tacoma.Ted S. Warren/AP
Just before midnight last March, Manuel Ellis set out on his usual jaunt to pick up a late-night snack at his local 7-Eleven in Tacoma, Wash. But his stroll home was abruptly interrupted when police officers sprung out of their patrol car, wrestled Ellis to the ground, restrained his neck and legs, handcuffed him and Tasered him.
Two of the officers were charged with second-degree murder in the death of Manuel Ellis, who died in police custody on March 3, 2020, after police restrained him
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SEATTLE Five weeks after ex-Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd, three Washington state officers have been charged in the death of Manuel Ellis: another Black man who pleaded for breath under an officer’s knee.
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson charged officers Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins, who are both white, with second-degree murder Thursday after witnesses reported that they attacked Ellis without provocation.
Timothy Rankine, who is Asian, faces a charge of first-degree manslaughter. He is accused of kneeling on Ellis’ back and shoulder as he died from a lack of oxygen, according to a probable cause statement filed in Pierce County Superior Court.