Three Washington state officers acquitted in death of a Black man who told them he couldn’t breathe

Three Washington state officers acquitted in death of a Black man who told them he couldn’t breathe

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A jury cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges Thursday 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. Two of the officers — Matthew Collins, 40, and Christopher Burbank,…

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