Ellis, a Black man, was shocked, beaten and restrained face down as he pleaded for breath in Tacoma, Washington, in 2020A former Tacoma, Washington, officer acquitted of murder in the 2020 homicide of Manuel Ellis – a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face down on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath – has been hired by a neighboring sheriff’s office.The Thurston county sheriff’s office, based in Olympia, Washington, announced on its Facebook page on Monday that it had hired the... Read this story
