by Vee Hua 華婷婷
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by Jared Brown
(This article was originally published on KNKX and has been reprinted under an agreement.)
On Tuesday morning in a modest courtroom in Tacoma, attorneys, defendants, and media gathered for opening statements in the trial of three Tacoma police officers charged with killing Manuel “Manny” Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, on March 3, 2020.
Continue reading Jurors Hear About Manuel Ellis’ Death During Opening Statements in Tacoma Officers Trialby Luna Reyna
On March 3, 2020, Manuel Ellis was pronounced dead while in police custody. After the Pierce County Medical Examiner determined Ellis’ death was a homicide, three Tacoma police officers who had been involved in detaining Ellis, Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins, and Timothy Rankine, were charged with Ellis’ murder. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Monday, Sept. 18.
Continue reading Activists Demand Accountability as Trial Starts for Tacoma Police Officers Charged in the Homicide of Manuel Ellisby Kari Plog
(This article was originally published on KNKX Public Radio and has been reprinted under an agreement.)
When the state attorney general charged three Tacoma police officers with felonies for killing Manuel Ellis, it triggered an internal affairs investigation into the officers’ conduct.
Continue reading Chief Confirms Tacoma Internal Investigation Into Officers Accused of Killing Manuel Ellis on Holdcurated by Vee Hua 華婷婷
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Three Tacoma police officers have been charged with felonies in the March, 2020, killing of Manuel Ellis, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday — after multiple investigations into a case that has set off protests and resulted in changes in statewide police accountability laws.
Ferguson charged Officers Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins with second-degree murder and Officer Timothy Rankine with first-degree manslaughter.
Continue reading Three Tacoma Police Officers Charged in the Killing of Manuel Ellisby Kari Plog
(This article was previously published by KNKX and has been reprinted with permission.)
Gov. Jay Inslee traveled to Tacoma on Tuesday, May 18, to sign a suite of police accountability measures that were passed by the State Legislature earlier this year.
The bill signing happened at the Eastside Community Center, just five miles from the intersection where Manuel Ellis was killed by Tacoma police last year.
All of the speakers, including state lawmakers and Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards, acknowledged the historic nature of the measures — a dozen in total — that aim to address systemic racism in policing.
“These bills are all going to work in coordination with one another to create a system of accountability and integrity stronger than anywhere else in the nation,” Inslee said in his opening remarks.
Continue reading Manuel Ellis’ Death Looms Large at Tacoma Bill Signings Even Without His Family Thereby Marcus Harrison Green
(This article previously appeared in The Seattle Times and is reprinted under an agreement.)
Derek Chauvin was finally held accountable Tuesday for the murder of George Floyd, but joy skipped over me.
Despite the explosion of honking horns near my workspace following Judge Peter Cahill’s reading of guilty on all counts, relief was the only thing that came over me.
Continue reading OPINION: The Chauvin Verdict is Simply Justice. Why Are We Celebrating It?
