Three Washington state officers acquitted in killing of Black man Three Tacoma, Washington, police officers were acquitted on Thursday in the killing of an unarmed Black man whose dying pleas for air sparked protests in 2020, in a case bearing parallels to the murder of George Floyd in the same year. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/three-washington-state-officers-acquitted-killing-black-man-2023-12-21/