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Updated May 27
Tacoma police officers face charges in restraint death of Black man
The death in March 2020 made Manuel Ellis’ name synonymous with pleas for justice at protests in the Pacific Northwest.
By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press
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People angered by the death of Manuel Ellis protest on June 5, 2020, in Tacoma, Wash. On Thursday, the Washington state attorney general filed criminal charges against three police officers in the death of Ellis, a Black man who died after telling the officers who were restraining him that he couldn’t breathe.
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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 them he couldn’t breathe as he was being restrained.
Three Tacoma police officers face criminal charges: Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the charges today related to the killing of Manuel Ellis in March of last year. The AG filed charges against Officers Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins for second-degree murder and Officer Timothy Rankine for first-degree manslaughter. "If convicted, the standard sentencing range for second-degree murder with no prior criminal history is 10 to 18 years in prison. The standard range for.
Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards called for the three officers involved in Manuel Ellis’s death to be fired. The Tacoma Police Dept. is conducting an internal review.
Three US police officers have been charged over the death of a black man who pleaded for breath while being restrained. Manuel Ellis, 33, died in March last year after police stopped him while he was walking home in the city of Tacoma in Washington state. It happened weeks before George Floyd, another black man, was killed in not dissimilar circumstances, leading to waves of anti-racism protests across America. At the time officers said the.