WA law enforcement, families of victims clash over independent investigations bill
January 28, 2021 at 10:42 am
People hold signs during a vigil for Manuel Ellis, a black man whose March death while in Tacoma Police custody was recently found to be a homicide, near the site of his death on June 3, 2020 in Tacoma, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
In the wake of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police, and the similar in-custody death of Manny Ellis in Tacoma, Gov. Jay Inslee created a task force of experts and family members of those killed by police to focus on recommending changes to the way police use of deadly force investigations are handled.