Lawyers and prosecutors make final arguments in trial of 3 Washington state officers
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Wednesday, Collins' lawyer Jared Ausserer highlighted portions of the autopsy report that said the concentration of methamphetamine in Manuel Ellis’ blood “was well within the fatal range.” An expert testifying for the defense said the drugs and his damaged heart caused cardiac failure, Ausserer said. Why would he randomly attack some guy walking down the street?” Mark Conrad, lawyer for Rankine, who is charged with manslaughter for holding Ellis facedown on the sidewalk as he repeatedly said he could not breathe, urged the jury to recall the officer's testimony about how he acted once he arrived on the scene. “If he was doing anything wrong, other officers would have intervened.” Conrad noted that another officer, not Rankine, put the spit hood on Ellis' head, and the medical examiner said it may have been an important factor in his death. The lawyers said the officers didn't hear Ellis say he couldn't breathe because they were suffering from a condition called “auditory exclusion,” which is a temporary hearing loss when under stress.
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