Posted on 12/21/2023 4:57:31 PM PST by Uncle Miltie
Cue the feds and their civil rights charges.
TACOMA, Wash. — Family of Manny Ellis poured into the streets following a Pierce County jury’s decision to acquit three Tacoma police officers charged in connection to the Black man’s death in 2020 while in their custody.
Ellis’ sister, Monét Carter-Mixon, led a group of people in the street yelling “no justice, no peace” over a microphone and calling the verdict systemic racism. The rally has closed down the intersection of 11th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Tacoma, which is adjacent to the Manny Ellis mural.
The family of Manny Ellis and members of the community rallied in Tacoma Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, following a jury finding three officers not guilty in connection to the death of Manny Ellis in 2020. (KOMO)
The demonstrators also began chanting, “same story every time, being Black is not a crime.” Some nearby business owners were seen by KOMO News crews boarding things up as the group continued to rally outside.
The outrage comes after a jury acquitted three Tacoma police officers of all criminal charges in the March 2020 death of Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man who was shocked tased, choked, beaten and hogtied with a spit hood placed over his head.
After more than three months and two mandatory restarts of jury deliberations, verdicts were delivered Thursday in the trial of Matthew Collins, 40, Christopher Burbank, 38, and Timothy Rankine, 34. Collins and Burbank, who are white, were facing first-degree manslaughter and second-degree murder charges. Rankine, who is Asian American, was charged with first-degree manslaughter.
Judge Bryan Chushcoff announced the jury determined the trio was found not guilty on all counts.
A gasp was heard from the gallery when the first not-guilty verdict was read. After all the verdicts were announced, the three officers shared hugs with each other and their lawyers.
Ellis’ family immediately left the courtroom and took to the streets.
What was the violent act that the police say started the confrontation? The author doesn’t make that clear, instead implying Manny was just strolling down the sidewalk with his donuts, and saying he was on a doorbell type camera, as if he was on someone’s doorstep. Confusing article.
Understanding that all press in Western Washington are committed leftists, here’s a (probably biased) account:
Cue the riots and looting
You have a criminal justice system. If you choose to ignore that system and violently take to the streets, you are, by definition reverting to barbarism.
“Cue the riots and looting”
His “sister,” started that right after the verdict was read. Article says she took to the streets with a megaphone yelling no justice no peace. She can FOAD.
“the Black man’s death,” “33-year-old Black man,” “Collins and Burbank, who are white.”
Again, the capitalization only works one way.
The local news outlets are ecstatic. They want their own George Floyd / Burn Baby Burn. Good for ratings etc.
Defense digs into Manuel Ellis’ drug use at trial of Washington officers accused in man’s death
Ellis was killed by the actions of 3 cops. Being high on drugs and arguing with cops without any weapon is not justification for suffocating/killing a person. These cops are guilty of involuntary manslaughter, unless there are other facts that justify them suffocating Ellis.
A jury of their peers heard the evidence in a fair trial in a court of law. They are factually innocent of any crime. I’m sick of this the cops are always guilty and are just criminals with badges BS.
His methamphetamine load was classified as deadly.
Fairly sure that walking while in position of donuts is not a crime so why the police interaction?
That seems to have been left out of the story.
I am sure it was an oversight.
Sometimes, cops do wrong things. I’m happy that everyone got their day in court. Not having been on the jury, they found the police innocent. Fair enough. Next time, maybe guilty. Happy there are juries to decide such things.
I’m just making dinner about 10 blocks from where the protests are, and hoping we don’t get a riot.
A lethal amount is not a "contributing factor". Just like a bullet to the brain is not a contributing factor.
Lots of contradictory testimony on the interaction, found here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Manuel_Ellis
Background info per wikipedia FWIW. I don’t have time or desire to look up more info.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Manuel_Ellis
I have a simple question as well-
“The video undercut the only public account of Ellis’s death until then, provided by the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, that indicated Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, was aggressive toward police and that officers hadn’t choked him or placed their weight on him in a hazardous way.”
Why did they lie about it?
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