- Manuel Ellis, an African American, died three months ago
- Inslee says investigation will be ‘free of conflicts of interest’
Governor Jay Inslee of Washington has ordered a new investigation into the death of Manuel Ellis, an African American man who died more than three months ago in police custody, following questions over the independence of the investigation.
The move comes one day after a lawyer for the Ellis family released footage from the night of his death, which shows him screaming, “I can’t breathe sir. I can’t breathe,” followed by what sounds like an officer saying, “Shut the fuck up.”
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/10/manuel-ellis-washington-governor-new-investigation-police
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