The Tacoma officer found not guilty of murdering Manny Ellis has been hired in Thurston County, leading to mixed opinions on the decision.
The Tacoma officer who was charged and later acquitted of murdering Manuel Ellis, has been hired by the Thurston County Sheriff's Office. officers who was charged and later acquitted of murdering Manuel Ellis, has been hired by the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office .
“While acknowledging the distressing nature of the events in Tacoma four years ago, we want to emphasize that Deputy Burbank has been cleared of any wrongdoing both by Tacoma PD, Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office and a jury trial,” Sanders said. However, many reactions to the post were not happy with the decision as Burbank was one of three officers charged with murdering Ellis — “a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained facedown on a sidewalk as he“If you’re found not guilty, you should be able to move on with your life. OK, I just wanna put that out there first. Now I want to explain the feeling that I have personally.
“Imagine being excited that TCSO hired a police officer that cost his last department and city untold millions of dollars. Seems like a liability to me,” wrote one Facebook user on TCSO’s post. That comment had 43 “like” and “love” reactions as of Tuesday night.
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