On May 27, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson stated that three Tacoma policemen have been charged in the death of a Black man who died while being restrained in March 2020. In Pierce County Superior Court, Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins were charged with second-degree murder and Timothy Rankine …
Read More »Two Additional Tacoma Officers Identified In Death Of Manuel Ellis
Two additional Tacoma police officers involved in restraining a Black man who died in March after saying, “I can’t breathe,” have been identified. His family accuses the police department of covering it up while the four other officers involved sit at home on paid leave. Manuel Ellis, 33, died of …
Read More »Black Man Killed By Tacoma Police Died From Oxygen Deprivation, According to Report
A black man who died while being restrained by police in Tacoma, WA, died as a result of oxygen deprivation, according to a medical examiner’s report released Wednesday. Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old father of two, died in March at the hands of Tacoma police. He could be heard calling out, …
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