Manny Ellis’ death became a touchstone for racial justice demonstrators locally but did not garner the attention of George Floyd’s murder in front of a crowd in broad daylight.
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The officers, both white, tackled and punched Ellis, with one stunning him with a Taser as the other held him in a neck restraint.A third officer, Timothy Rankine, arrived after Ellis was already handcuffed, face-down, and knelt on his upper back as Ellis pleaded for breath. Video, including cellphone footage taken by the witnesses and surveillance video from a doorbell camera nearby, variously showed Ellis raising his hands in an apparent gesture of surrender and addressing the officers as “sir” while telling them he can’t breathe.Christopher “Shane” Burbank during the pre-trial motion in Tacoma for his trial.Matthew Collins and Burbank are charged with second-degree murder for Ellis’ death.
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