Swift reaction to a $94-million claim filed by one of the three Tacoma police officers acquitted in the beating death of an unarmed black man. Former Tacoma police officer Timothy Rankine filed the claim, four months after a jury found him and two other officers not guilty in the death of Manuel Ellis. Now Rankine […]
Mixed reaction to the news that one of the three officers acquitted in the death of Manny Ellis has now been hired as a Thurston County Sheriff’s deputy. The news was posted on social media Monday. The Thurston County Sheriff has talked on camera many times before. But not this time. So, KIRO 7 asked […]
Jan. 25—A Berks County lawmaker has been chosen by his colleagues to serve in a leadership position. Rep. Manny Guzman was appointed to serve as chairman of the Pennsylvania House Central Pennsylvania Democratic Delegation. The Reading Democrat has represented the 127th District since 2020. Guzman said in a press release Thursday that he is overjoyed […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]