Three Tacoma, Wash., police officers have been charged in the death of Manuel Ellis, who was tackled, punched and held face down on a sidewalk.
The events in France after police shot a teen in a Paris suburb are drawing parallels to the U.S. racial reckoning after George Floyd’s murder.All three witnesses said Ellis was not fighting back during the struggle, the prosecutor said.The Pierce County Medical Examiner said the cause of death was “hypoxia,” a lack of oxygen, “due to physical restraint,” and found the manner of death was homicide.
Experts hired by the officers blamed his death on methamphetamine use and heart problems, calling it an accident. Charges were filed May 27, 2021, marking the first time the attorney general’s office has charged a law enforcement officer with murder. It was only the second time an officer has been charged with murder in Washington state since voters approved Initiative 940 in 2018, which removed the requirement that prosecutors show an officer acted with malice in order to be charged with murder.
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