Justice has been served in the William Chapman II police shooting case. Chapman, who was suspected of shoplifting, was shot and killed by former police officer Stephen Rankin outside of a Walmart after a security guard called cops to go after the 18-year-old African-American teen. On Thursday, a jury convicted Rankin of voluntary manslaughter, a lesser […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) â Prosecutors in Virginia won a rare conviction of a white former police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teen suspected of shoplifting. But the guilty verdict Thursday was for voluntary manslaughter, a lesser charge than the original first-degree murder count. And the jury recommended a 2 ½ year prison […]
