One of the three Tacoma police officers cleared of criminal charges in the 2020 death of a Black man has been hired by a neighboring sheriff’s office. Manuel Ellis was shocked, beaten and restrained facedown on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath.
FILE - Christopher “Shane” Burbank speaks with an attorney and codefendants during the pre-trial motion in the trial of Tacoma police officers Matthew Collins, Timothy Rankine and Burbank in the killing of Manny Ellis, Sept. 18, 2023, at Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma, Wash. Burbank, one of the three Tacoma police officers cleared of criminal charges in the 2020 death of Ellis, has been hired by a neighboring sheriff’s office.
Ellis, 33, was walking home with doughnuts from a 7-Eleven in Tacoma, about 30 miles south of Seattle, on March 3, 2020, when he passed a patrol car stopped at a red light, with Collins and Burbank inside.Washington state lawmakers consider ban on hog-tying by police following Manuel Ellis’ deathThe officers claimed they saw Ellis try to open the door of a passing car at the intersection and he became aggressive when they tried to question him about it.
His death came nearly three months before George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis police would spark an international outcry against police brutality.
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