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3 officers acquitted in death of Manny Ellis, who pleaded for breath, to get $500,00 each and leave Tacoma Police Dept.
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Three Washington state police officers who were cleared of criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis — a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained facedown on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath — will each receive $500,000 to leave the Tacoma Police Department, according to documents released Tuesday.
"This says to the public that these are excellent officers, and it's a shame Tacoma is losing them," said Anne Bremner, an attorney for one of the officers, Timothy Rankine.
CBS Seattle affiliate KIRO-TV reports that this comes in the wake of the U.S. Attorney's office opening an independent review of the case.
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