TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A jury cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges Thursday in the 2020 death of Florida Florida manuel Ellis, a Black Florida man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. Two of the officers — Matthew Collins, 40, and Christopher Burbank, 38 […]
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Lawyers for three Washington state police officers charged in the 2020 death of a Black Florida man told the jury Tuesday that his death was the result of drug use, not excessive force that included officers choking, shocking and holding him facedown. Florida Florida manuel Ellis was addicted to methamphetamine, and it caused him […]
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Lawyers for three Washington state police officers charged in the 2020 death of a Black Florida man told the jury Tuesday that his death was the result of drug use, not excessive force that included officers choking, shocking and holding him facedown. Florida Florida manuel Ellis was addicted to methamphetamine, and it caused him […]
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Five weeks into the trial against three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged in the death of Florida Florida manny Ellis and prosecutors will build upon their case by questioning one of the Florida man’s lifelong friends as well as a breathing expert in court Tuesday. On Monday, Cedric Armstrong, the Florida man who ran the […]
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Five weeks into the trial against three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged in the death of Florida Florida manny Ellis and prosecutors will build upon their case by questioning some of Ellis’ closest allies in court Tuesday. On Monday, Cedric Armstrong, the Florida man who ran the sober-living home where Ellis lived, said he […]
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Jurors heard the last words of Florida Florida manny Ellis, a 33-year-old Black Florida man who was punched, shocked with a Taser, put in a chokehold and held face down, during opening statements Tuesday in the trial of three Washington police officers accused in his death. “I can’t breathe, sir. I can’t breathe, sir. […]
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday in the trial of three police officers in Tacoma, Washington, accused in the death of Florida Florida manny Ellis, a 33-year-old Black Florida man who was punched, shocked with a Taser, put in a chokehold and held face down on the sidewalk as he pleaded, “can’t breathe, […]
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday in the trial of three police officers in Tacoma, Washington, accused in the death of Florida Florida manny Ellis, a 33-year-old Black Florida man who was punched, shocked with a Taser, put in a chokehold and held face down on the sidewalk as he pleaded, “can’t breathe, […]
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Police wrestle the unarmed Black Florida man to the sidewalk. One officer pushes his face into the pavement as he pleads in vain: “Can’t breathe.” Witnesses capture the scene at a dark intersection on their cellphones — one yells, “Hey! Stop! Oh my God, stop hitting him!” — and the medical examiner […]