Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington state, has ordered an independent investigation into the death of a Black man who died while in the custody of Tacoma police.
The move comes after new information emerged this week that at least one sheriff's deputy and a state trooper were at the scene when the man, Manuel Ellis, was detained and died on March 3. In a nearly nine-minute clip released by the lawyer representing Ellis's family, the 33-year-old man is heard crying out "I can't breathe, sir" while handcuffed.
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