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AROUND THE COUNTRY TACOMA, WA. Three Tacoma Washington police officers were acquitted of charges in Manuel Ellis’ death. By Patrick Malone and Alex Yoon-Hendricks The Seattle Times TACOMA, WA.— A Pierce County jury 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 officers Matthew Collins, 40, and Christopher “Shane” Burbank, 38, and manslaughter charges against Officer Timothy Rankine, 35, as well as Collins and Burbank. The acquittal marked the dramatic conclusion of a nearly four-year saga that began March 3, 2020, when Ellis, a 33-yearold Black man, died in a south Tacoma intersection after struggling with and repeatedly telling police he couldn’t breathe. In the turbulent summer of 2020, Ellis’ name was invoked alongside George Floyd’s during sustained protests in the Pacific Northwest demanding more equitable policing. In the courtroom, the officers hugged their lawyers after the verdict was read, while Ellis’ family quickly left the courthouse. When Collins’ lawyer asked Pierce County Superior Court Judge Bryan Chushcoff if they could leave, the judge said, “I would just be careful. A lot of emotions are running high right now.” The Pierce County medical examiner ruled Ellis’ death a homicide caused by oxygen deprivation from physical restraint. Lawyers for the officers argued at trial that the high level of methamphetamine in Ellis’ system combined with a heart condition killed him and that the officers were justified in aggressively subduing Ellis because he fought them with what they described as extraordinary strength. The jury, with seven men and five women, deliberated for a total of three days before alerting the court of their verdict Thursday, although the composition of the jury changed twice this week as alternates were swapped in. Nine jurors are white, two are Black and one identifies as mixed-race, Asian and white. Only six deaths at the hands of law enforcement have resulted in charges against police officers in the state over the past century. The last time three police officers were charged in Washington for a death was 85 years ago. 48 The Blues - January ‘24
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