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Tacoma Police Charged with Murder in Case Where Black Man Said He Couldn't Breathe
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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 77586070" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p><h3><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/01/17/tacoma-police-manuel-ellis-death/" target="_blank">Cleared in Black man’s death, Tacoma officers will get $500,000 to resign</a></h3><p>Three police officers cleared of criminal charges in the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/28/manuel-ellis-tacoma-police-murder/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2" target="_blank">death of Manuel Ellis</a> in Tacoma, Wash., will each receive $500,000 as part of voluntary resignation agreements with the city, according to documents released Tuesday.</p><p></p><p>Two of the officers, Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins, were found not guilty last month of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. The third officer, Timothy Rankine, who responded as backup and helped to restrain Ellis, was found not guilty of first-degree manslaughter.</p><p></p><p>The Pierce County medical examiner ruled Ellis’s death a homicide caused by oxygen deprivation from physical restraint, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/12/13/black-man-death-police-brutality-manuel-ellis-washington/?itid=lk_inline_manual_21" target="_blank">reported</a>.</p><p></p><p>The police department determined that the three men did not violate the Tacoma Police Department’s use-of-force policy when they approached Ellis, stunned him twice with a Taser and handcuffed him. While Ellis was already restrained, Rankine allegedly placed one knee in the middle of Ellis’s spine and the other near the base of his neck.</p><p></p><p>In a statement, Tacoma Police Chief Avery Moore <a href="https://cityoftacoma.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=256844" target="_blank">said</a> Tuesday that “the Use of Force policy in place in March of 2020 failed to serve the best interests of the police department or the community.”</p><p></p><p>“However, because it was policy at the time, it guided my decisions announced today,” he said, adding that the policy has since been amended.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 77586070, member: 294566"] [HEADING=2][URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/01/17/tacoma-police-manuel-ellis-death/']Cleared in Black man’s death, Tacoma officers will get $500,000 to resign[/URL][/HEADING] Three police officers cleared of criminal charges in the [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/28/manuel-ellis-tacoma-police-murder/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2']death of Manuel Ellis[/URL] in Tacoma, Wash., will each receive $500,000 as part of voluntary resignation agreements with the city, according to documents released Tuesday. Two of the officers, Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins, were found not guilty last month of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. The third officer, Timothy Rankine, who responded as backup and helped to restrain Ellis, was found not guilty of first-degree manslaughter. The Pierce County medical examiner ruled Ellis’s death a homicide caused by oxygen deprivation from physical restraint, The Washington Post [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/12/13/black-man-death-police-brutality-manuel-ellis-washington/?itid=lk_inline_manual_21']reported[/URL]. The police department determined that the three men did not violate the Tacoma Police Department’s use-of-force policy when they approached Ellis, stunned him twice with a Taser and handcuffed him. While Ellis was already restrained, Rankine allegedly placed one knee in the middle of Ellis’s spine and the other near the base of his neck. In a statement, Tacoma Police Chief Avery Moore [URL='https://cityoftacoma.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=256844']said[/URL] Tuesday that “the Use of Force policy in place in March of 2020 failed to serve the best interests of the police department or the community.” “However, because it was policy at the time, it guided my decisions announced today,” he said, adding that the policy has since been amended. [/QUOTE]
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