Three Washington Police Officers Found Not Guilty In Death Of Black Man (VIDEO)
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Three Washington police officers have been cleared of all charges in the 2020 killing of a Black man whose death was compared to that of George Floyd.
On Thursday, a jury found three Washington state police officers not guilty of all criminal charges in the death of Manuel Ellis on a Tacoma sidewalk in 2020.
Three officers – Matthew Collins, 40, Christopher Burbank, 38, and Timothy Rankine, 34 – were charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter. A jury found the three officers not guilty of all charges because of their attorneys’ argument that Ellis’ death was caused by methamphetamine in his system and a preexisting heart condition, not their actions.
There was a gasp from the gallery when the first not-guilty verdict was read.
