Two Tacoma police officers involved in the death of Manuel Ellis were exonerated on Tuesday and welcomed back to active duty.
2 Tacoma officers involved in death of Manuel Ellis exonerated following investigation
Manny Ellis’ family and the family’s attorneys are disappointed in the outcome of the Tacoma Police Department’s internal investigation.
“To watch someone die on the street, handcuffed, hogtied, with a mask over his head — to the point where they’re no longer breathing — and you offer no medical assistance whatsoever, how was that not a policy violation?” asked the family’s attorney, Matthew A. Ericksen Sr. “The police are supposed to serve and protect.”
Manny Ellis,
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