The mother of Manuel Ellis said the last time she talked to her son was the night he died.
Marcia Carter is the second of Manny Ellis’s family members toShe was on the stand for just 20 minutes. The most compelling moment was when she described her last conversation with her son.That is the picture Marcia Carter tried to paint of her middle child, Manuel Ellis. He was 33 years old when he died and would be 37 if he were alive today.She said the last time she talked to her son was the March 3 night in 2020 when he was killed.
The officers, along with Timothy Rankine, who is Asian American, are accused of tazing, tackling, and repeatedly punching Ellis until he died.She said she learned the next afternoon that her son was dead and wasn’t allowed to identify his body. “Never identified him, never saw him, we asked,” said Carter, taking a deep breath. “It was the worst day of my life.”
During cross-examination, she said she knew her son had a drug problem. But she said he never called her when he was using. The defense is arguing that Ellis was addicted to methamphetamine and had a weak heart and that those factors likely contributed to his death.3 killed, 1 seriously hurt in Tukwila rollover crash
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