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 CreativeAfter the officers charged with killing Manny Ellis are acquitted, how does the city of Tacoma move forward? -
Lance Kagey Of Rotator CreativeA 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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Lance Kagey Of Rotator CreativeWhile the jury deliberates, we dive into the defense strategy, the dueling narratives over Manny’s cause of death, and the decisions the jury has to make.
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Lance Kagey Of Rotator CreativeWhile the jury deliberates, listen to the different stories the eyewitnesses and the officers tell about what happened the night Manny Ellis died.
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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.
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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. -
Lance Kagey of Rotator CreativeOn the night of March 3, 2020 — three months before George Floyd was murdered — Manny Ellis encountered police while walking home in Tacoma, Washington. He died on that dark street corner. Officers say it was an accident brought on by Manny himself. The story almost ended there. Introducing a new podcast, The Walk Home, produced by KNKX News and The Seattle Times.
The Walk Home Extras
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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. -
A jury found three Tacoma police officers not guilty Thursday in the March 2020 killing of Manuel "Manny" Ellis. The trial was the first test of a state law making it easier to charge officers for using deadly force. -
The trial of the three Tacoma police officers charged with the murder and manslaughter of Manny Ellis is now in the hands of the jury. A new episode of 'The Walk Home' podcast looks at the trial and takes a deeper look at the defense’s strategy -
The trial of the three officers charged in the 2020 death of Manuel "Manny" Ellis is entering its third week of testimony. KNKX reporters Mayowa Aina and Jared Brown talk about the forensic evidence and key witness testimony that's been presented so far. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
