Jury finds three Tacoma police officers not guilty in death of Manny Ellis

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67% : On a personal level completely changed my life.
54% : Pierce County Superior Court Judge Bryan Chushcoff mostly denied their attempts to argue the case was a product of politically motivated Democratic officials riding a surge in anti-police sentimentIn his closing argument, defense attorney and former Pierce County prosecutor Jared Ausserer said, "Don't let Bob Ferguson in the AG's office or their army of attorneys or staff or their unending tax dollars, they've thrown at this case, through expert witnesses to try to get you to see what they want, hear what they want, or determine what happened as they want.

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