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.
How can you have nearly all of the available evidence contradict police testimony, including video evidence that clearly points towards them being guilty, and then just decide that they’re clearly not guilty anyways?
It feels like a perversion of the law that these officers were able to assault and kill a man in broad daylight, who had (at the time) done nothing wrong short of talking to the police officers, and justify it based on the guy’s past crimes.
“The biggest reason why I personally think this jury found reasonable doubt is because the defense was essentially allowed to put Manny Ellis on trial,” Ericksen said via email. “The defense attorneys were allowed to dredge up Manny’s past and repeat to the jury again and again Manny’s prior arrests in 2015 and 2019. That unfairly prejudiced jurors against Manny.”
Exactly. They allowed the police to air out the man’s dirty laundry when he couldn’t defend himself anymore, and used it to justify his murder. Sickening
Genuinely fuck thise Jurors…
How can you have nearly all of the available evidence contradict police testimony, including video evidence that clearly points towards them being guilty, and then just decide that they’re clearly not guilty anyways?
It feels like a perversion of the law that these officers were able to assault and kill a man in broad daylight, who had (at the time) done nothing wrong short of talking to the police officers, and justify it based on the guy’s past crimes.
Fuck the judge who allowed this, too.
Exactly. They allowed the police to air out the man’s dirty laundry when he couldn’t defend himself anymore, and used it to justify his murder. Sickening
Well they’re just telling everyone it’s legal to do now, so if that’s the case… I hope they’re prepared.