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ab60ebfa8e30d47c71d2cfcc6829c17a90be664cby MARTHA BELLISLE Associated PressState assistant attorneys general Kent Liu, standing left, gives opening statements for the state's case during the trial of Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine in the killing of Manny Ellis, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma, Wash.
Grant Fredericks, owner of a forensic video analysis company, walked the jury, slide by slide, through one of the cellphone videos shot by a witness. It shows Collins on the ground behind Ellis with his hands near Ellis' neck and Burbank standing in front holding a Taser.Trial underway for Tacoma officers accused of excessive force in 2020 death of Manuel Ellis
“There's no movement after that,” Fredericks said. Prosecutors have said that Collins's restraint of Ellis rendered him unconscious.“I can't say if there's contact,” Fredericks said.During opening statements Tuesday, prosecutors described the arrest as a deadly unprovoked beating, while defense lawyers said Ellis died because he was high and had a bad heart.
Attorney Anne Bremner, representing Rankine, said Ellis died of “excited delirium" — brought on by drug use and causing him to have “superhuman” strength.
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