Two Tacoma police officers involved in the death of Manuel Ellis in March of 2020 were exonerated following a lengthy Internal Affairs investigation.
‘This hit me different’: Gee and Draze react to charges against officers in Manuel Ellis death
Ellis died while in police custody on March 3, 2020, telling officers who were restraining him that he could not breathe. Parallels have since been drawn in the Puget Sound region between Ellis and George Floyd, with members of the community — as well as Ellis’ family — pushing to see justice served.
Two Tacoma officers — Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins — were charged with second-degree murder in May
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