Jami’an ‘yan sandan Amurka uku a jihar Washington ba a same su da laifuffukan da ake zarginsu da hannu a kisan wani bakar fata a shekarar 2020 wanda mutuwarsa ta yi kama da kisan George Floyd.
Christopher Burbank mai shekaru 38 da Matthew Collins mai shekaru 40, an same su da laifin kisa da kisa, yayin da Timothy Rankine, mai shekaru 34, aka wanke shi da laifin kisa bayan shafe makonni 10 ana shari’a.
Manuel Ellis, mai shekaru 33, ya mutu yayin da yake hannun ‘yan sanda a Tacoma, Washington, a ranar 3 ga Maris, 2020.
Hotunan da aka gabatar a gaban shari’a sun nuna yadda jami’an suka sanya Ellis, wanda ba shi da makami, a cikin wani shake, inda suka harbe shi da bindiga mai tsauri tare da dora shi kan titi da nauyin jikinsu.
A cikin bidiyon ganawar, ana iya jin Ellis yana roƙon jami’an, yana gaya musu, “Ba za ku iya numfashi ba, yallabai, ba zai iya numfashi ba.”
Lauyoyin jami’an ‘yan sandan sun yi gardama cewa Ellis ya mutu ne sakamakon wani mugunyar maganin methamphetamine hade da ciwon zuciya da yake da shi kuma ya harba kofar motar ‘yan sandan su.
Shaidu masu gabatar da kara sun shaida wa alkalan cewa jami’an sun kasance masu tada kayar baya, inda suka yi wani yunkuri na shawo kan Ellis da ya fara a lokacin da yake tsaye a kan hanya.
Matthew Ericksen, lauyan da ke wakiltar dangin Ellis, ya ce an ba da damar kare da gaske ta shigar da Ellis gaban kotu.
Ericksen ya ce “An ba wa lauyoyin da ke kare kariya damar yin watsi da abubuwan da suka gabata na Manny kuma su sake maimaita wa alkalan shari’ar da aka kama Manny a 2015 da 2019.
Jaridar Seattle Times ta nakalto Lauyan Collins, Casey Arbenz, yana cewa hukuncin “babban nishi ne” kuma ya nuna cewa alkalan kotun sun yarda su kalli bidiyon.
Arbenz ya ce “bai kamata a tuhumi jami’an ba.”
Jami’an birnin sun ce hukumar ‘yan sanda ta Tacoma ta kusa kammala bincikenta na cikin gida kan yadda jami’an ke gudanar da ayyukansu, wanda zai iya sa a hukunta su.
Mutuwar Ellis ta zo kusan watanni uku kafin kisan George Floyd, wanda ya tayar da zanga-zangar kira da a hukunta ‘yan sanda da yin adalci a fadin Amurka da ma duniya baki daya.
ALJAZEERA/Ladan Nasidi.
