Tacoma: veglia per l’afroamericano Manuel Ellis, morto durante fermo della polizia. FOTO

Mentre negli Usa continuano le proteste per la morte di George Floyd, dallo Stato di Washington arriva un’altra storia di un 33enne di colore morto dopo essere stato fermato da alcuni agenti. L’episodio, documentato da un video, risale al 3 marzo. Prima di morire avrebbe supplicato, come George Floyd: "Non riesco a respirare". Secondo la polizia sarebbe stato lui ad aggredire. L’autopsia: si è trattato di omicidio, morte per arresto respiratorio. LA FOTOGALLERY

Family, friends and community members attend a vigil at the intersection where Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old black man, died in Tacoma Police custody on March 3 and was recently ruled a homicide, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiners Office, in Tacoma, Washington on June 3, 2020. - US protesters welcomed new charges brought Wednesday against Minneapolis officers in the killing of African American man George Floyd -- but thousands still marched in cities across the country for a ninth straight night, chanting against racism and police brutality. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

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Negli Usa spunta un nuovo video di un uomo afroamericano morto durante un fermo della polizia. Si tratta del 33enne Manuel Ellis, deceduto il 3 marzo a Tacoma, nello Stato di Washington. Nella zona le manifestazioni e le veglie sono iniziate nei giorni scorsi, dopo che sono stati resi noti i risultati dell’autopsia: si sarebbe trattato di omicidio e la morte è avvenuta per un arresto respiratorio

Usa, spunta un nuovo video di un afroamericano ucciso dalla polizia

TACOMA, WA - JUNE 03: People listen during a vigil for Manuel Ellis, a black man whose March death while in Tacoma Police custody was recently found to be a homicide, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiners Office, near the site of his death on June 3, 2020 in Tacoma, Washington. Protests and other events sparked by the death of George Floyd have continued in the Tacoma area after the Medical Examiner found that the cause of death in the Manuel Ellis case was caused by respiratory arrest due to hypoxia due to physical restraint. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

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Secondo gli agenti, sarebbe stato Manuel Ellis ad aggredirli

Continuano le proteste per la morte di George Floyd

TACOMA, WA - JUNE 03: People hold signs during a vigil for Manuel Ellis, a black man whose March death while in Tacoma Police custody was recently found to be a homicide, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiners Office, near the site of his death on June 3, 2020 in Tacoma, Washington. Protests and other events sparked by the death of George Floyd have continued in the Tacoma area after the Medical Examiner found that the cause of death in the Manuel Ellis case was caused by respiratory arrest due to hypoxia due to physical restraint. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

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A Tacoma, nei giorni scorsi, le proteste per la morte di Manuel Ellis si sono mescolate a quelle per il decesso di George Floyd, anche lui afroamericano, ucciso a Minneapolis durante un fermo della polizia

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Anche la morte di Ellis, come quella di Floyd, è stata ripresa in un video

George Floyd, a Minneapolis la prima cerimonia funebre

TACOMA, WA - JUNE 03: A photo of Manuel Ellis, a black man whose March death while in Tacoma Police custody was recently found to be a homicide, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiners Office, is seen near the site of his death during a vigil for him on June 3, 2020 in Tacoma, Washington. Protests and other events sparked by the death of George Floyd have continued in the Tacoma area after the Medical Examiner found that the cause of death in the Manuel Ellis case was caused by respiratory arrest due to hypoxia due to physical restraint. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

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A girare il video con il fermo di Ellis, secondo il New York Times, è stata una donna che si trovava dietro alla macchina della polizia e che nel filmato si sente urlare: "Smettetela di colpirlo, o mio Dio smettetela!". Prima di morire avrebbe poi implorato gli agenti, come George Floyd: "Non riesco a respirare"

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TACOMA, WA - JUNE 03: The crowd makes way for the family to enter at the start of a vigil for Manuel Ellis, a black man whose March death while in Tacoma Police custody was recently found to be a homicide, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiners Office, near the site of his death on June 3, 2020 in Tacoma, Washington. Protests and other events sparked by the death of George Floyd have continued in the Tacoma area after the Medical Examiner found that the cause of death in the Manuel Ellis case was caused by respiratory arrest due to hypoxia due to physical restraint. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

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La veglia in ricordo di Manuel Ellis, che si è tenuta nei giorni scorsi a Tacoma

George Floyd, a Washington migliaia di manifestanti in piazza contro il razzismo. FOTO

TACOMA, WA - JUNE 03: Matthew Ellis, holing a Bible, pauses while speaking during a vigil for his brother, Manuel Ellis, a black man whose March death while in Tacoma Police custody was recently found to be a homicide, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiners Office, near the site of his death on June 3, 2020 in Tacoma, Washington. Protests and other events sparked by the death of George Floyd have continued in the Tacoma area after the Medical Examiner found that the cause of death in the Manuel Ellis case was caused by respiratory arrest due to hypoxia due to physical restraint. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

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Presenti la famiglia e gli amici di Manuel Ellis

TACOMA, WA - JUNE 03: A person holds a sign during a vigil for Manuel Ellis, a black man whose March death while in Tacoma Police custody was recently found to be a homicide, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiners Office, near the site of his death on June 3, 2020 in Tacoma, Washington. Protests and other events sparked by the death of George Floyd have continued in the Tacoma area after the Medical Examiner found that the cause of death in the Manuel Ellis case was caused by respiratory arrest due to hypoxia due to physical restraint. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

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Durante il fermo, Ellis sarebbe stato all'improvviso scaraventato a terra e gli agenti avrebbero continuato a infierire. Per la polizia, invece, sarebbe stato l'uomo ad aggredire i poliziotti