Tacoma Police Dept. to pay acquitted officers $500K each to resign▼

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Published 221d ago

Four years after Manuel Ellis died on a Tacoma, Washington, street while in the custody of city police officers, the three cops once blamed for his death will now receive a half-million dollars each to leave their jobs. In documents released Tuesday, a "voluntary separation" agreement has been made between the city of Tacoma and the three acquitted police officers: Timothy Rankine, Matthew Collins and Christopher Burbank. That agreement shows that the city will pay them $500,000 each to leave the Tacoma Police Department. The officers have been on paid leave since 2020, when they were accused of using excessive force against Manuel Ellis. The officers claimed Ellis tried to open the door of a passing car and then became aggressive when they tried to question him about it. Source