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Ellis died after being restrained by officers as he walked home from a convenience store with a late-night snack of raspberry-filled doughnuts. The Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled Ellis’ death a homicide, with oxygen deprivation caused by physical restraint as the primary cause, and methamphetamine intoxication and heart disease as contributing factors. |
Police involved lied in official reports about the police killing of Ellis, claiming never to have placed him in any chokehold. Video and eyewitness testimony would expose this lie. The cops likewise claim that Ellis initiated the violent encounter, while the eyewitness claims the police were the aggressors.
Over a year later, 3 cops have finally been charged for the killing, 2 with murder and another with manslaughter.
The medical report finds that Ellis died from homicide resulting asphyxiation related to positional restraint. He was hogtied, handcuffed, and had a spit hood placed over his head. Ellis was recorded by police dispatch shouting "I can't breathe" during his fatal arrest.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/us/ta...ody/index.html
Dangerous restraint techniques, like those that killed Ellis, Floyd, and Garner, are commonly used by police regardless of the extreme risk it places people in. Perhaps a few more high profile murder convictions of cops will change their culture.
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