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Five weeks into the trial against three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged in the death of Manny Ellis and prosecutors spent Tuesday morning trying to convince the judge to let their breathing expert tell the jury what happens to a person who is held face down with pressure on their back.
Aurora Police Officer Nathan Woodyard is charged with reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of McClain.
Prosecutors made the case to the jury that Nathan Woodyard failed to follow proper training when he used a carotid hold on McClain, which temporarily cut blood flow to his brain.
Nathan Woodyard was among 5 people indicted in the 2019 Colorado death of McClain who died after a struggle with officers and a ketamine injection by paramedics.
TACOMA — A medic from the Tacoma Fire Department who responded to the scene on the night Manuel Ellis died testified Tuesday afternoon in the trial of three Tacoma police