Manuel Ellis yelled, Can t breathe, before dying in police restraints. Three officers now face charges.
Jaclyn Peiser, The Washington Post
May 28, 2021
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The headquarters for the Tacoma Police Department is shown Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Tacoma, Wash., south of Seattle. The Washington state attorney general on Thursday charged two Tacoma police officers with murder and another with manslaughter in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died after repeatedly telling officers he couldn t breathe as he was being restrained on March 3, 2020, in Tacoma.Ted S. Warren/AP
Just before midnight last March, Manuel Ellis set out on his usual jaunt to pick up a late-night snack at his local 7-Eleven in Tacoma, Wash. But his stroll home was abruptly interrupted when police officers sprung out of their patrol car, wrestled Ellis to the ground, restrained his neck and legs, handcuffed him and Tasered him.
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