Defense attorney for Officer Collins, Casey Arbenz, gave his opening statement Monday morning that they had elected to reserve instead of delivering at the beginning of the trial. Arbenz quickly signaled to the jury that the defense plans to revisit not just the 2019 incident, but an incident in 2015 where Ellis was also arrested while high on meth, noting Ellis was tased during both incidents and that officers reported he resisted heavily. Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/death-of-manuel-ellis/defense-call-first-witness-trial-death-manuel-ellis/281-22b11452-620f-4c12-bd80-f65510faa4ba