The Walk Home
Premiered Sept. 7, 2022
The 2020 police killing of Manuel "Manny" Ellis, a Black man in Tacoma, brought a reckoning to Washington State and has set up what promises to be one of the highest-profile trials in Pacific Northwest history. The story is profiled in The Walk Home podcast, produced by KNKX News and The Seattle Times and winner of the 2023 Edward R. Murrow award for Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Episodes
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Lance Kagey Of Rotator CreativeThe trial of the three Tacoma police officers charged with killing Manny Ellis is about to begin. -
Lance Kagey Of Rotator CreativePierce County’s most powerful law enforcement officer, Sheriff Ed Troyer, has been acquitted of criminal charges of false reporting. His trial offers a preview of what’s to come.
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Lance Kagey Of Rotator CreativeAn instance from Officer Timothy Rankine's past brings new context to the events of the night Manny Ellis was killed.
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Lance Kagey Of Rotator CreativeManny’s death led to sweeping reform, but what really changed?
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Lance Kagey Of Rotator CreativeA community grapples with the fallout from Manny's case — and the movement that surrounds it.
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Lance Kagey Of Rotator CreativeA critical decision changes Manny's case, and a new story of his death emerges.
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Lance Kagey Of Rotator CreativeFour Tacoma police officers each had their own journeys to 96th and Ainsworth. And so did the department they worked for.
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Lance Kagey Of Rotator CreativeManny’s walk home ended at 96th and Ainsworth. It started 33 years earlier.
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Lance Kagey Of Rotator CreativeInvestigators finish their probe into Manny’s death. Then, a revelation.
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Lance Kagey Of Rotator CreativeIn the stillness of the pandemic, Monèt hunts down crucial information.
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Lance Kagey Of Rotator CreativeA recording changes the trajectory of Monèt’s life.
The Walk Home Extras
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On Monday, jury selection begins in the long-anticipated trial in the killing of Manny Ellis, more than three and a half years after his death while in police custody. KNKX's Jared Brown will be covering the trial and provides a preview of what's ahead. -
The ruling on Friday by Pierce County Superior Judge Bryan Chushcoff cleared the way for Collins, Burbank and Timothy Rankine, 34, to stand trial after jury selection begins on Sept. 18.
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KNKX's The Walk Home podcast received a national Edward R. Murrow Award and will begin adding new episodes as it follows the trial of the three officers involved with the death of Manny Ellis in police custody.
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Manny Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died March 3, 2020, in police restraints after a struggle with police officers in Tacoma, Wash. KNKX is covering the trial of the officers charged with killing him: Matthew Collins, Christopher Burbank and Timothy Rankine.
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This week marks two years since the state attorney general charged three Tacoma police officers with murder and manslaughter in the killing of Manuel Ellis. They are still employed with the department, while they await trial.
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On the final episode of The Walk Home, KNKX Special Projects reporter and producer Mayowa Aina asks big questions about what Manuel Ellis' death in police custody means for the city of Tacoma.
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KNKX and Tacoma Arts Live presented Inside The Walk Home podcast at Theater on the Square on October 18. Watch the video of the event.
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Episode 7 of The Walk Home podcast is about a law enforcement official who has been part of the Manny Ellis case since the start: Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer. He was quoted in the first stories about Ellis' death, which helped shape a narrative that's now being questioned by the State Attorney General's Office.
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The Walk Home is a podcast, produced by KNKX in partnership with The Seattle Times, about the life and death of Manny Ellis. Episode 6 is out on Wednesday. In an excerpt, hear about the Washington Attorney General's investigation, which conflicts with the officers' description of events the night Manny died.
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The Walk Home is a podcast, produced by KNKX in partnership with The Seattle Times, about the life and death of Manny Ellis. KNKX Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick talked to KNKX Special Projects reporter and producer Will James about the latest episode "The Other Side of the Line."
