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Police and other law enforcement officials stand in a line as protesters approach in the street in front of the City-County Building on Sunday in Tacoma, Wash.

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Protests Sparked In Tacoma After Police Officer Drives Into Crowd

3:40pm January 25, 2021

by Brakkton Booker

Protesters took the streets of Tacoma, Wash., after several people were struck and at least two were injured. The officer was placed on paid administrative leave.

A man at a vigil this week wears a mask with the words "I can't breathe" above the name of Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old black man whose death in Tacoma, Wash., police custody was recently ruled a homicide.

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Tacoma Mayor: Officers Who Arrested Manuel Ellis 'Should Be Fired And Prosecuted'

1:04pm June 05, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

A medical examiner ruled this week the black man's death in police custody was a homicide, and the officers were placed on leave. But the Washington city's top politician says that's not enough.