Christopher Burbank resigned from the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office based on “community response and death threats.”
THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — Christopher Burbank, one of the former Tacoma police officers acquitted in the death of Manuel Ellis, resigned from the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office two days after being sworn in.
Sheriff Derek Sanders wrote in a letter to the community that he met with Burbank and “discussed the impacts of his employment” with the sheriff’s office. “At the end of this discussion,” Burbank resigned.
“This decision was based on community response and death threats made to Deputy Burbank’s family,” the letter, dated April 4 but
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