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Citizens of Portsmouth Forced to Pay $1,000,000 to Compensate Family for William Chapman’s Murder

December 3, 2016December 3, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1656 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, cop kills unarmed teen, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, crime incident report, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, film the police, first-degree murder, Harassment, Homicide, Justice System, kelly patterson, missing video, murder, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police shooting unarmed black people, Police Unions, portsmouth, Portsmouth Police Department, rights, shoplifting, Stephen Rankin, tampering with evidence, taser, tasercams, Transparency, unarmed, Update, va, video, Virginia, virginia cop block, voluntary manslaughter, Walmart, William Chapman

Earlier this week, a judge in Portsmouth, Virginia approved a $1 million settlement offer from the city to the family

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Portsmouth, Virginia Police Officer Stephen Rankin Sentenced to (Just) 2.5 Years in Prison for Murder of William Chapman II

October 13, 2016October 14, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1814 Views @VPjedwards, 13News Now, Accountability, assault, Black teens tried as adults, BlackMattersUS.com, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, cop kills unarmed teen, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, crime incident report, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, film the police, first-degree murder, Harassment, Homicide, James Broccoletti, Jonathan Edwards, Justice System, kelly patterson, Ken Patterson, outcries for justice, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police shooting unarmed black people, Police Shooting: Former Cop Sent To Prison, Police State, portsmouth, Portsmouth Police Department, preferential treatment of police officers, rights, Sally Chapman, shoplifting, Stephen Rankin, the grio, Twitter, Update, use of force policy, using a gun in a felony, va, video, Virginia, virginia state police, voluntary manslaughter, Walmart, William Chapman

The following post was originally published at “BlackMattersUS.com” by Ken Patterson (no relation) under the original title “Police Shooting: Former

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Lawyer Says Portsmouth Police Shooting Video Has 15 Second Gap

December 11, 2015December 11, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1450 Views Accountability, assault, bodycams, Brutality, burger king, chicago, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, costco, dashcams, Dishonesty, Erik Scott, excessive force, film the police, Homicide, Justice System, kelly patterson, Laquan McDonald, las vegas, Las Vegas Metro Police Department, las vegas police, lvmpd, Malfunctioning, missing video, Officer Jason Van Dyke, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, portsmouth, portsmouth police, rights, Stephen Rankin, Summerlin NV, Surveillance, tampering with evidence, taser, tasercams, Transparency, Update, va, video, Virginia, William Chapman

On Wednesday, the lawyer representing the family of William Chapman II, an unarmed man who was shot by Portsmouth police

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First Degree Murder Charge for Portsmouth Killer Cop Stephen Rankin

September 7, 2015September 7, 2015 Lorelei McFly 2180 Views Accountability, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, copsuckers, Corruption, double-standards, first-degree murder, Justice System, Kirill Denyakin, police, police abuse, police accountability, police apologists, Police Unions, portsmouth, rights, Stephen Rankin, va, Virginia, virginia cop block, William Chapman

Another Virginia police officer has been indicted for murder in the shooting death of an unarmed man, this time in

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Autopsy Proves Racist Cop Murdered Unarmed Teen From A Distance

August 24, 2015August 24, 2015 Steven Thomas 2503 Views Accountability, black, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, Harassment, Homicide, Justice System, Male, men, murder, Officer Rankin, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Rankin, rights, Stephen Rankin, unarmed

Earlier this year, William Chapman, an unarmed 18-year-old black man, was shot and killed by Officer Stephen Rankin. According to

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