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Candles and signs are seen during a vigil for Manuel Ellis on June 3, 2020, near the site of his death in Tacoma, Washington (David Ryder/Getty Images)
TACOMA, WA Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed felony charges against three Tacoma police officers in connection with the killing of Manuel Ellis.
The attorney general on Thursday announced that officers Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins are being charged with second-degree murder. If convicted, both could be sentenced to between 10 and 18 years in prison.
The third officer, Timothy Rankine, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter, which typically results in sentences between 6.5 and 8.5 years in prison if the defendant has no prior criminal history.
UpdatedTue, Apr 20, 2021 at 4:19 pm PT
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In this May 30, 2020 file photo, protesters gather in downtown Seattle to speak out against the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Charles Woodman/Patch)
WASHINGTON Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of killing George Floyd.
Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man, was killed on Memorial Day 2020. Video of the incident shows Chauvin, who is white, as he kneels on Floyd s neck for more than nine minutes despite Floyd s protests that he could not breathe.
Floyd s death sparked massive protests across the country including many in Washington demanding racial justice and police reform.
How roughly $900K in the state capital budget could preserve Black history in Tacoma
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 3 hrs ago Matt Driscoll, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Apr. 16 The words are as powerful and prescient now as they were back then. Courage is the saving grace in this tense world racial situation, Tacoma s Nettie Asberry told The News Tribune. Courage of the white people who dare to show their fairness by helping us achieve positions of human dignity, and courage of those of other races who risk insults by quietly asserting their rights as human beings.
Asberry s remarks came during a time of stark racial discrimination and long boiling tensions across the United States, much like today. But they were made in 1961, during her 96th year, articulating a struggle she knew all too well. An article in this newspaper described Asberry as a Black woman with a doctorate in music who among other accomplishments founded the first chapter of the NA