TACOMA, Wash. — A second Tacoma police officer accused in the March 2020 death of Manny Ellis took the stand in his own trial on Tuesday. Matthew Collins andChristopher Burbank are both on trial ...

Despite this, Collins testified that he never expected Ellis ... ‘My person’: Manny Ellis’ sister takes the stand in Tacoma officers’ trial Collins said he and Burbank faced an intense ...

One of the Tacoma police officers who held down Manny Ellis the ... and I left my feet and went back on my back,” Collins testified. Videos recorded by witnesses were also played in court ...

Rankine's testimony continues Wednesday morning. On March 3, 2020, Ellis was walking home when he stopped to speak with Tacoma Police Officers Burbank and Collins, who were in their patrol car ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout after afternoon testimony. Matthew Collins, one of three Tacoma police officers on trial for the death of Manuel Ellis, took the unusual ...

Defendant Timothy Rankine testifies under cross examination from Special Assistant Attorney General Patty Eakes during the trial of three Tacoma Police officers in the killing of Manny Ellis at ...

Ford said he didn’t see any response from Ellis. “It was like he was looking through me,” the officer testified. Tacoma Police Officer Masyih Ford, right, stands so he can show defense ...

TACOMA, Wash. — The Tacoma police officer who spoke with Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer at the scene of a 2021 confrontation with a newspaper carrier testified in court Wednesday. Troyer faces ...

you can still breathe,’” Rankine said Tuesday as he testified in his own defense. Rankine promised to ease up if Ellis stopped wiggling. Testifying in the trial of three Tacoma officers ...