A jury has cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained facedown on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath.
  • be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    “The only response at that point that I could think of is, ‘If you can talk to me, you can still breathe,’” Rankine said in testimony.

    How was this allowed to stand unchallenged? This is patently false, and everyone should know it by now, especially cops.