The sheriff’s spokesperson, Detective Ed Troyer, said police encountered Ellis, a Tacoma native, on the night of March 3 at an intersection.
Officers said they saw him banging on another vehicle’s window and he then approached them aggressively.
After Ellis allegedly threw an officer to the ground, two backup officers joined the pair already trying to detain him, The Times reports.
Troyer said the officers weren’t wearing body cameras but that he believes they did not use a knee or chokehold on the 33-year-old.
