Eyewitness testimony in the continuance of three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged with the death of Manuel Ellis has starkly contradicted the picture the officers’ lawyers have painted about how their fatal struggle with the Black man began. Witness Keyon Lowery in Pierce County Superior Court on Tuesday described his reaction to what he saw Tacoma police do as “disbelief,” because based on what he saw, he believed the officers “were in the wrong.” Officers Matthew Collins and Christo
Defense attorney Brett Purtzer cross-examines Keyon Lowery during the trial of Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine in the killing of Manny Ellis at Pierce County Superior Court, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Tacoma, Wash.
Lowery said he was in “disbelief” with how the officers acted and said he believed the officers “were in the wrong.”second-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Ellis on March 3, 2020. Officer Timothy Rankine, who is Asian American, is charged with manslaughter. All threeEdmunds: Big country, big wheels, small budget.
How the struggle started has been a central point of the officers’ defense, particularly for Collins and Burbank, who were the first officers to encounter Ellis. Duringon Oct. 3 and throughout the first week of testimony, the officers’ defense teams have emphasized the absence of video footage showing how the struggle started.
Lowery, who was driving in a convoy behind McDowell on the night Ellis died, said he saw Ellis was walking away from the police cruiser. Collins was the driver and Burbank was his passenger, police records show. Ellis walked back to the cruiser “like someone got his attention,” and as he approached it, the passenger’s door swung open, knocking Ellis to the ground, Lowery testified.
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