Queer SatanicTacoma killer cops acquitted in 2020 strangling death of Black man
> TACOMA – A Pierce County jury on Thursday acquitted three Tacoma police officers charged in the death of Manuel Ellis, concluding a grueling, historic trial that tested the state’s new police accountability law.
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> The jury considered second-degree murder charges against officers Matthew Collins, 40 and Christopher “Shane” Burbank, 38, and manslaughter charges against officer Timothy Rankine, 35, as well as Collins and Burbank.
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> The verdict marked the dramatic conclusion of a nearly four-year saga that began March 3, 2020, when Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died in a south Tacoma intersection after struggling with and repeatedly telling police he couldn’t breathe.
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Verdict delivered in Tacoma police trial over Manuel Ellis’ death
TACOMA - A Pierce County jury on Thursday acquitted three Tacoma police officers charged in the death of Manuel Ellis, concluding a grueling, historic trial that tested the state's new police accountability law. The jury considered second-degree murder charges against...