Josh Harris is the owner of local Tacoma business Integrity Construction Group
He posted $100,000 bond each for Officers Christopher Burbank, 35, Matthew Collins, 38, and Timothy Rankine, 32, Friday
Harris said he didn t want the highly decorated veterans to be stuck behind bars over Memorial Day weekend
He said he had worked with the cops on multiple occasions and they sometimes patrolled the area around his firm but does not know the officers personally
All three cops were charged with first-degree manslaughter, while Burbank and Collins were also charged with second-degree murder
Ellis, a 33-year-old black father-of-two, died on March 3 2020 during an arrest as he was walking home from a convenience store with a snack
"Being the fact that they were veterans, highly decorated veterans, I wasn’t about to see them sit in jail over Memorial Day weekend . I know several people have offered to step up and reimburse me and if that happens great, but that’s not the intention."
Attorney General charges two officers with Second-Degree Murder and a third with First-Degree Manslaughter TACOMA Today the Washington Attorney General filed felony charges against three Tacoma Police Department officers involved in the homicide of Manuel Ellis. The Attorney General charged Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins with Second-Degree Murder and Timothy Rankine