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William Chapman shooting

October 2016

  • Rankin on scene cropped - re William Chapman and Kirill Denyakin, who were both unarmed, were shot separately four years apart in Portsmouth by policeman Stephen Rankin

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    Virginia police shootings: ‘We missed an opportunity to stop him'

    In 2011, Virginia police officer Stephen Rankin shot an unarmed man dead. Last year he did it again. The fight to get him convicted is the subject of a new film

September 2016

  • Relatives and friends of William Chapman pray outside Portsmouth circuit court in Virginia as jurors deliberate a murder charge against the police officer who fatally shot him in April 2015.

    Virginia city to pay $1m to avert lawsuit in William Chapman police shooting

    City of Portsmouth, Virginia, has agreed to pay the family to avoid a civil lawsuit over the unarmed black 18-year-old’s fatal shooting by Officer Stephen Rankin

August 2016

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    Family of William Chapman to sue former Virginia officer after conviction

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    William Chapman shooting: Virginia officer found guilty of manslaughter

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    Virginia police officer seeks mistrial after victim's friend caught speaking to juror

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    Jury deliberates first-degree murder charge in William Chapman shooting

  • Officer on trial for William Chapman murder 'fantasized about shootings'

  • Witnesses testify William Chapman was shot after charging at officer

July 2016

  • Steve Baggarly, Elisa Dickon, and Bishop Kendrick J. Turner all of Norfolk stand outside the Portsmouth Judicial Center, in Portsmouth, Va., Wednesday, July 27, 2016, as they wait for others to arrive for a rally in support of William Chapman II who was shot by Portsmouth police officer Stephen Rankin outside a Portsmouth Wal-Mart last year. The murder trial of Rankin begins this morning. (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

    Witness to William Chapman shooting contradicts police officer's account

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    William Chapman shooting: court hears that officer told two different accounts

  • Yelena Denyakina and Sallie Chapman.

    Mothers of two men killed by Virginia officer meet ahead of murder trial

  • Officer Stephen D. Rankin leaves the U.S. District Court building in Norfolk, Virginia with his attorneys, Tuesday, February 28th, 2012. (Brian J. Clark/The Virginian-Pilot)
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    Virginia officer said 'This is my second one' after killing William Chapman

December 2015

  • Protest outside the White House protest the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.

    Counting police killings in the US: landmark stories that led to change

    The FBI and Department of Justice have announced they will overhaul their system for tracking police killings. Here are the milestones that led to the change

September 2015

  • Officer Stephen Rankin

    Police officer indicted for first-degree murder in death of unarmed teenager

    Virginia grand jury indicts officer Stephen Rankin for shooting dead William Chapman, 18, during a struggle in a Walmart parking lot in April

August 2015

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    William Chapman: state official will seek to prosecute officer who killed teenager

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    Autopsy indicates officer shot unarmed teen William Chapman from distance

  • Officer Stephen D. Rankin leaves the U.S. District Court building in Norfolk, Virginia with his attorneys, Tuesday, February 28th, 2012. (Brian J. Clark/The Virginian-Pilot) William Chapman

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    Stephen Rankin: the military-trained officer who killed two unarmed men

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    William Chapman: ‘My son is gone and nobody is trying to help me understand’

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    William Chapman: unarmed 18-year-old shot dead by officer who killed before

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    William Chapman: 'I sat here and waited for my baby to come home. But he never came home' – video

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