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The trial of three Tacoma Police officers charged with the death of Manny Ellis continued Monday, as the defense cross-examined a medical expert who was hired by the state.
According to an expert in forensic pathology, Black man Manuel Ellis died from oxygen deprivation as he was getting restrained by Tacoma, Washington, officers.
Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine face charges in the death of Manny Ellis, who died in police custody in March 2020.
Jurors convicted a Denver-area police officer of homicide Thursday and acquitted another of all charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a neck hold, pinned to the ground and given an overdose of the sedative ketamine by paramedics. Aurora police officer Randy Roedema was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault by a 12-person jury. They found officer Jason Rosenblatt not guilty. RELATED: Prosecutors Will Lay Out Case Against Officers