Manuel "Manny" Ellis was walking home from a convenience store on the night of March 3, 2020, when he was encountered by two Tacoma police officers. They got into an altercation that left Ellis dead on a street corner along the border of South Tacoma and unincorporated Pierce County.
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Christopher “Shane” Burbank has resigned days after being hired as a Thurston County Sheriff's deputy. One of three Tacoma officers charged in the 2020 killing of Manuel Ellis, Burbank was acquitted of all charges in December.
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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.
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KNKX’s newest podcast The Walk Home tells the story of Manny Ellis, a Black man who died in police custody in 2020. The first episode is out now on all podcast platforms. KNKX South Sound reporter Kari Plog talked about the first episode with KNKX Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick.
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On 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. The story is profiled in a new podcast, The Walk Home, produced by KNKX News and The Seattle Times.
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The City of Tacoma must release unredacted police interviews to state prosecutors, who have charged three Tacoma officers with murder and manslaughter in the death of Manuel Ellis. That’s according to a judge who rejected an argument made last month by the city and attorneys for one of those officers that the records shouldn’t fall under a subpoena.
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The City of Tacoma is fighting to keep records from a police department internal affairs investigation out of the hands of prosecutors as three officers await trial for murder and manslaughter in the death of Manuel Ellis.
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Pierce County has agreed to a settlement with the family of Manuel Ellis, who was killed by Tacoma police in 2020. The proposed settlement of just over $4 million will be on tomorrow's agenda for a county council vote.
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It’s been two years since Manuel Ellis was killed on a street corner in Tacoma. Now, three Tacoma police officers await trial for his death. Meanwhile, Ellis’ family is still figuring out how to navigate life without him.
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Masyih Ford and Armando Farinas, two Tacoma police officers involved in the killing of Manuel Ellis in March 2020, have been exonerated of any wrongdoing following an internal investigation into their conduct in the case.
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Editor’s note: This story was produced in partnership with The Seattle Times. Read an in-depth investigation into the law enforcement response to the…
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Tacoma ends contract with chaplaincy after it raised money for officers charged in Manuel Ellis caseThe City of Tacoma is canceling a contract with the organization in charge of managing a proposed community trauma response team. The Tacoma-Pierce County…
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Washington is supposed to be fully reopened by the end of this month. Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins talked with Morning Edition host Kirsten…