A rally outside the Portsmouth courthouse
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Channel: The Virginian-Pilot · 2016 · News & Politics
Stephen Rankin shot 18-year-old William Chapman II outside a Wal-Mart last year. The former Portsmouth police officer was responding to a shoplifting call when witnesses say a struggle ensued. His mother says it was murder. For many in this majority black city, Rankin’s trial is nothing less than a referendum on a criminal justice system that they say often fails to hold police accountable.
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