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Dec 23, 2023 · A Washington state law aimed at improving police accountability is in the spotlight after three Tacoma officers were acquitted in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked,...
Dec 21, 2023 · I-940 removed critical language in Washington state law that made prosecuting police killings exceptionally difficult and was intended to create more accountability for police.
- Seattle Times Staff
Dec 21, 2023 · TACOMA — A Pierce County jury Thursday acquitted three Tacoma police officers charged in the death of Manuel Ellis, concluding a grueling, historic trial that tested the state’s new police...
Dec 23, 2023 · A Washington state law aimed at improving police accountability is in the spotlight after three Tacoma officers were acquitted in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath.
- crush@ap.org
- Reporter
Dec 14, 2023 · TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Lawyers for three Washington state officers charged in the death of a Black man who was beaten, shocked and hogtied facedown on a sidewalk made their final arguments to the jury Wednesday before the prosecution had the final say and the jury was told to return Thursday to begin deliberations.
- mbellisle@ap.org
- Global Investigative Reporter
Dec 22, 2023 · A jury has cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath.
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Dec 22, 2023 · The trial was the first filed under Washington’s Initiative 940, a new and twice-amended police accountability law that allowed prosecutors to pursue murder charges without having to prove...
