Pierce County jury finds 3 Tacoma police officers not guilty in Manuel Ellis case
A Pierce County jury reached verdicts today in the trial of three Tacoma police officers charged with killing Manuel Ellis in March 2020. Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins, and Timothy Rankine faced charges of first-degree manslaughter. Burbank and Collins were also charged with second-degree murder. Each pleaded not guilty.
Seattle Times investigative reporter Patrick Malone has been covering the trial and was in the courtroom today. He told KUOW's Rob Wood about the verdicts.
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Rob Wood
Morning News Producer, Host
You’re most likely to hear Rob filling in as a host or newscaster during our news magazines or local newscasts. But you can hear the results of his work nearly every day, engineering and directing behind the scenes during All Things Considered and other programs.
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John O'Brien
Producer
John O’Brien is a KUOW newsroom producer. He works with the Morning Edition and All Things Considered teams to schedule, record, and edit interviews and stories on a variety of topics, from politics and public health to arts and culture. He learned to make radio in 2006 as an intern on KUOW’s The Conversation and is a former host of KUOW's Speakers Forum.
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