Ellis, a Black man, died after a chaotic altercation with the officers on a city street, which took place as he was walking home from a trip to a convenience store to get donuts and water, just after 11 p.m.
Prosecutors have pieced together multiple video and audio recordings to try to tell a story of what happened that night. This evidence shows the officers tackling, restraining, and tasing Ellis. Late in the incident, they also put a fabric “spit hood” over his head. Ellis was declared dead at the scene. The Pierce County medical examiner determined Ellis’ cause of death was lack of oxygen due to physical restraint. An
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