Libs Grumble After Three Cops In Tacoma George Floyd 2.0 Case Are Exonerated… Businesses Boarding Up

This case was supposed to have been George Floyd 2.0., but after a two-month-long trial, Tacoma, Wash. jurors made a different decision this week in acquitting three police officers accused of killing a black man. Manuel (Manny) Ellis suffered a deadly heart attack while in police custody in March of 2020. Jurors would learn during a ten-week-long trial that Ellis was a troubled soul, overtaken by a meth habit, who was a diagnosed schizophrenic.

More than one political career was riding on the cops being found guilty of killing Ellis. The mayor called for the officers to be fired on the spot. A community leader demanded the cops be prosecuted. She used the incident to win election to the city council. And, after the Pierce County district attorney failed to bring charges against the cops, Democrat Governor Jay Inslee ordered the state attorney general to take over the case. Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who's running for governor, threw the book at three of the officers on scene that night. Two of the officers involved in the takedown of Ellis, Officers Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins, were charged with second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, and Officer Timothy Rankine was charged with first-degree manslaughter. State attorneys gave jurors a menu of lesser and included charges on which to find the officers guilty. The seven-man, five-woman "diverse" jury cleared the officers of all charges.

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https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2023/12/23/manuel-ellis-n4924946
Fox 13 Seattle: Manny Ellis case: Jury finds 3 Tacoma police officers not guilty for all charges
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/manny-ellis-verdict-jury-finds-3-tacoma-police-officer-not-guilty-for-all-charges-murder-manslaughter