SEATTLE (AP) — Three Washington state police officers who were cleared of criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis — a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained facedown on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath — will each receive $500,000 to leave the Tacoma Police Department, according to documents released […]
The three Tacoma police officers recently acquitted in the death of Manuel Ellis have agreed to leave the department. According to Tacoma Police Chief Avery Moore, all three officers — Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins, and Timothy Rankine — have also been cleared of wrongdoing based on 2020 use of force policies. Collins had one sustained […]
Jan. 15—More than 100 members of the public filled the Elks Lodge in Marysville on Saturday for a community meeting that sought feedback on the future of Ellis Lake, a major landmark of the city that has for decades needed a modern overhaul. Originally designed by John McLaren in 1924, much of the 7.5-acres of […]
There has been a new development in the death of Manuel Ellis. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is now conducting an independent review of the case. This comes just weeks after three Tacoma police officers were acquitted of any wrongdoing in the controversial killing. Friday evening the Ellis family, along with several civil rights organizations, held […]
Dec. 30—Cambria Supervisor Wright Ellis is serving out the rest of his term this weekend. After being elected in 1991, Ellis has not stopped performing what he describes as “public service.” Ellis’s journey to Cambria’s executive seat was a long one. He said he joined the Navy because he came from a modest family and […]
Three Washington state police officers were found not guilty of all criminal charges in the fatal arrest of Manuel Ellis — a Black man who was walking home in 2020 when deputies confronted him before being pinned down and brutalized as he pleaded, “I can’t breathe.” The more than two-month trial ended Dec. 21 as […]
On Sunday at 4:41 a.m. the NWS Fort Worth TX issued a flood advisory. Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected for portions of Dallas and Ellis counties in North Texas until 7:45 a.m. “Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas,” adds the NWS. “Turn around, don’t drown when encountering […]
Three Tacoma Police officers are free men after sitting at a Pierce County defendant table for the last eleven weeks. Thursday afternoon, the jury came back with the not-guilty verdicts for Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins, and Timothy Rainken. All three were charged with 1st degree Manslaughter, Burbank and Collins also faced 2nd degree Murder. The jury […]
A US jury has cleared three police officers of all criminal charges in the death of a black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on the street as he pleaded for breath. Two of the officers – Matthew Collins, 40, and Christopher Burbank, 38 – had been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter, […]
Several of the Tacoma officers’ defense attorneys acknowledged the emotion around the not guilty verdicts in the Manuel Ellis trial and the difficulty of the situation. But they were also very clear that they felt the case should have never been brought to trial. Defense attorneys said the jurors made the right decision as they […]
TACOMA, Wash. — One of the three police officers charged with killing Manuel Ellis, a Black man whose death in 2020 as he pleaded for air became a touchstone for racial justice protesters in the Pacific Northwest, took the witness stand in his own defense Monday, saying he lamented Ellis’ passing but wouldn’t have done […]