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The Family of Manuel Ellis Reaches a $4 Million Wrongful Death Settlement

The family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man killed by police two years ago as he pleaded for breath, has reached a $4 million proposed settlement with one of the two government agencies it named in a wrongful death lawsuit.

The Pierce County Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to approve the settlement, The News Tribune reported.

“We are happy to have reached this agreement with the County,” the family’s attorney, Matthew A. Ericksen Sr., said in an email. “By reaching this resolution Pierce County has established a foundation upon which the Ellis family and the community can begin the process of moving forward.”

Read the source article at Associated Press News

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