Manny Ellis' sister questions Thurston Sheriff about decision to hire acquitted officer
Sheriff Derek Sanders faced criticism during a public forum Thursday.
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Sheriff Derek Sanders faced criticism during a public forum Thursday.
The announcement comes two days after Christopher Burbank was sworn in as a patrol deputy.
SEATTLE (AP) — Three Washington state police officers who were cleared of all criminal charges last month in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis will each receive $500,000 to leave the Tacoma Police Department. Ellis was a 33-year-old Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained facedown on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. A jury in December acquitted officers Timothy Rankine, Matthew Collins and Christopher Burbank of manslaughter or murder charges. The police department on Tuesday announced findings that the officers did not violate the use-of-force policy that was in effect at the time...
Tacoma says it will now issue $500,000 in exchange for the voluntary resignation of each of the police officers cleared last month in the death of Manny Ellis.
Three Washington state police officers were found not guilty of all criminal charges in the fatal arrest of Manuel Ellis — a Black man who […]