3 Tacoma Police Officers Acquitted of All Charges in 2020 Death of Man in Police Custody

Protesters walk by a mural of Manny Ellis after the verdict is read during the trial of three Tacoma Police officers in the death of Manny Ellis, at Pierce County Superior Court, in Tacoma, Wash., on Dec. 21, 2023. Maddy Grassy/AP Photo

Three Tacoma, Washington, police officers on trial for the death of 2020 death of Manuel Ellis were cleared of all criminal charges on Dec. 21 following a months-long trial.

Two of the police officers, Matthew Collins, 40, and Christopher Burbank, 38, had been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Mr. Ellis, 33. The third officer, Timothy Rankine, 34, had been charged with manslaughter.