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Three Tacoma police officers who were acquitted in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died in police custody in 2020 after pleading that he could not breathe, will each receive $500,000 for resigning from the Tacoma Police Department, according to documents released by the city on Tuesday. Two of the officers, Christopher Burbank, 38 and Matthew Collins, 40, both white, were acquitted last month on charges of second-degree murder. On Tuesday, Chief Avery L. Moore of the Tacoma Police Department said in a statement that the three officers had “voluntarily agreed” to resign from their positions. Though Mr. Collins violated the department’s 2020 policy on courtesy, all three men had otherwise been cleared of departmental violations based on policies at the time, Chief Moore said. “I acknowledge the detrimental impact of policing on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, extending both a personal and collective apology,” he said.

Persons: Manuel Ellis, Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins, Timothy Rankine, Prosecutors, Ellis, Manny, Avery L, Moore, “, ”, Collins Organizations: Tacoma, Tacoma Police Department Locations: Black

The potential Georgia connection surfaced a day after authorities in Washington state said four county election offices had to be evacuated as election workers were processing ballots cast in Tuesday’s election, delaying vote-counting. Election offices in Seattle’s King County and ones in Skagit, Spokane and Pierce counties received envelopes containing suspicious powders. Political Cartoons View All 1237 ImagesTacoma Police spokesperson William Muse said a message inside the envelope received by Pierce County election workers said “something to the effect of stopping the election." It was not immediately clear how authorities came to suspect that a letter might have been sent to the Fulton County election office or whether similar ones went to election offices in other states. "Election officials should be free from fear and intimidation, which is why I’ve called on the General Assembly to increase penalties for election interference,” Raffensperger said.

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SEATTLE (AP) — Four county elections offices in Washington state were evacuated Wednesday after they received envelopes containing suspicious powders — including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl — while workers were processing ballots from Tuesday’s election. Renton police detective Robert Onishi confirmed that an envelope received by workers at a King County elections office field-tested positive for fentanyl, while Spokane Police Department spokesperson Julie Humphreys said fentanyl was found in an envelope at the Spokane County Elections office, The Seattle Times reported. Political Cartoons View All 1237 ImagesThe envelope received by the Pierce County elections office in Tacoma contained baking soda, Tacoma police spokesperson William Muse told the paper. Halei Watkins, communications manager for King County Elections, told The Seattle Times the envelope opened by staffers in Renton on Wednesday morning was not a ballot. The Secretary of State's Office noted that elections officials in two counties — King and Okanogan — received suspicious substances in envelopes during the August primary.

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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — An expert in forensic pathology testified Monday in the ongoing trail of three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged with the death of Manuel Ellis that Ellis likely would have lived if not for the officers’ actions to restrain him. Officers Matthew Collins and Christopher Burbank, both white, are charged with murder and manslaughter in the death of Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, on March 3, 2020. Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesMitchell was questioned by special prosecutor Patty Eakes about medical findings that led him to his conclusion. Prosecutors previously said Ellis' last words were “I can't breathe.”Defense attorneys have generally argued Ellis died of a methamphetamine overdose. This is the first trial under a Washington state law that makes it easier to prosecute police who wrongfully use deadly force.

Persons: Manuel Ellis, Ellis, Roger Mitchell, Thomas Clark’s, Matthew Collins, Christopher Burbank, Timothy Rankine, Collins, Mitchell, Patty Eakes, Jared Ausserer, ” Mitchell, Mark Conrad, hogtied Organizations: D.C, Pierce, Seattle Times, Tacoma Police Department, Prosecutors, ” Defense Locations: TACOMA, Tacoma , Washington, Washington, Pierce County, American, Burbank

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Eyewitness testimony Tuesday in the continuing trial three police officers, who are white and Asian American, charged with the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man, starkly contradicted the picture the officers’ lawyers painted. The Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled the March 3, 2020, death of Ellis, 33, a homicide caused by lack of oxygen during physical restraint. Collins told Pierce County sheriff’s detectives that Ellis had attacked him by hurling him through the air to land on his back. Burbank was almost instantly on top of Ellis and swung up to three times to punch Ellis, according to Lowery. As Lowery left the scene, he said it appeared the officers had apprehended Ellis and were in control of him.

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☆ Shawn Kemp, Former NBA Star, Arrested in Drive-By Shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Gareth Vipers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Shawn Kemp is the Seattle SuperSonics’ fifth-highest points scorer of all time. Six-time NBA All-Star Shawn Kemp was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting outside a mall in Tacoma, Wash., according to officials. Officers responded to reports of shots being fired in the parking lot of the Tacoma Mall, around 30 miles south of Seattle, just before 2 p.m. local time on Wednesday, the Tacoma Police Department said.

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