The legislation came nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died in Tacoma, facedown with his hands and feet cuffed together behind him.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation into law Tuesday afternoon that bans police from hog-tying suspects, a restraint technique that has long drawn concern due to the risk of suffocation.
Senate Bill 6009 will prevent officers from the practice, known as a four-point hobble restraint, which fastens a person’s restrained ankles with their restrained wrists behind their back.
The legislation came nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died in Tacoma, facedown with his hands and
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