Jared Brown
ReporterJared Brown is a Tacoma-based reporter for KNKX covering the intersections of policing, courts and power with a focus on accountability and solutions. He is currently a Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellow. You can email him at jbrown@knkx.org.
Jared previously covered courts and law enforcement for The News Tribune in Tacoma and The Spokesman-Review in Spokane. He earned a master’s degree from the University of Washington and studied journalism at Gonzaga University. He got his start in audio journalism interning at Spokane Public Radio and producing a weekly podcast for his student newspaper.
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Tacoma officers searching a park singled out Zimmeri Contreraz sitting alone at a picnic table and detained him, saying he matched the description of a Black suspect. -
The Olympia Police Department plans to install 16 automatic license plate cameras surrounding the Westside Capital Mall area and near I-5 entrances on the city’s east end. -
Reporters from The Walk Home podcast, covering the life and death of Manny Ellis, reflect on the final episode and the end of the project. -
In the final episode of The Walk Home podcast, KNKX examines the recently unsealed internal affairs interviews with the Tacoma Police officers involved the night Manuel "Manny" Ellis died. -
After the officers charged with killing Manny Ellis are acquitted, how does the city of Tacoma move forward? -
Tacoma City Council approved a police union contract the same day the city's police chief cleared the three officers recently acquitted in the March 2020 death of Manny Ellis. -
Three Tacoma police officers involved in the March 2020 death of Manny Ellis agreed to resign and the department cleared them of wrongdoing under policies that were in effect at the time. The city agreed to pay each of them $500,000. -
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether Tacoma police officers violated federal law when they beat, Tasered and hogtied Manuel "Manny" Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, before his death in March 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington. -
A Pierce County jury has found Tacoma Police Officers Matthew Collins, Christopher Shane Burbank, and Timothy Rankine not guilty of all charges related to the 2020 killing of Manny Ellis.
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KNKX reporters Mayowa Aina and Jared Brown discuss reaction to Thursday's verdict acquitting Tacoma Police Officers Matthew Collins, Christopher Burbank, and Timothy Rankine of all charges related to the 2020 killing of Manny Ellis.
