New video shows Tacoma police officer punching, restraining Manuel Ellis before he died
Killing of Manuel Ellis (wikipedia.org) 1 of 3 Washington officers charged in death of Black man Manuel Ellis testifies in his own defense Defendant Matthew Collins, right, demonstrates a lateral vascular neck restraint on his attorney Casey Arbenz during the trial of three Tacoma Police officers in the killing of Manny Ellis, at Pierce County Superior Court, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Tacoma, Wash. Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine stand trial for charges related to the March 2020 killing of Ellis. (Brian Hayes/The News Tribune via AP, Pool)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Brian Hayes] TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — One of the three police officers charged with killing Manuel Ellis, a Black man whose death in 2020 as he pleaded for air became a touchstone for racial justice protesters in the Pacific Northwest, took the witness stand in his own defense Monday, saying he lamented Ellis’ passing but wouldn’t have done anything differently. The testimony from Tacoma p
