This is the “dummy grenade” that Branden was holding. His family has said he used it as a worry stone after his therapist gifted it to him.

Prosecuting Attorney Mary Robnett signed this personally, which often isn’t the case. Cops know why not to talk to the cops:
“… it is impossible to determine what they were thinking. They were, however, faced with what objectively appeared to be an imminent life-threatening situation.”

How Pierce County prosecutors summarize it in decline letter to Sheriff Keith Swank:

There used to be a #JusticeforManny banner on this bench. Lulu’s Bakery Shop just keep looking cuter, though.

It wasn’t close btw

Yesterday was the five-year anniversary of #MannyEllis' killing by #TacomaPolice. As fate would have it, I was in town for some appointments. After I decided to make the walk from 7-Eleven to the intersection of 96th & Ainsworth and was just about to head home, a TPD cruiser blew the red light.

Meanwhile me open carrying my muscle relaxers I just got inside for the mental gymnastics y’all make me do 😬 @seattlepolice.bsky.social @seattlepolicedept.bsky.social

Watched Seattle PD cops enforce the public drug use ordinance by making a guy stomp his glass pipe on the sidewalk outside the John St. Safeway. Then another unit rolled up. “A lot better than going to jail” the two guys told me. “They were hella cool about it.”

Have never experienced such built up anticipation hoping a slip opinion will load @wacourts.bsky.social 😅🙏🙌