(ANITA)
A LITTLE MORE THAN THREE
YEARS AGO FORMER
PORTSMOUTH POLICE OFFICER
STEPHEN RANKIN SHOT AND
KILLED 18 YEAR OLD
PARKING LOT, WAS JUST ONE
OF MANY
OFFICER INVOLVED DEATHS
THAT GAINED NATIONAL
ATTENTION.
(TOM)
OUT OF 17 HIGH PROFILE
CASES BETWEEN JULY 20-14
AND SEPTEMBER 20-16- ONLY
4 ENDED IN
SOME TYPE OF CONVICTION.
CHAPMAN'S WAS ONE OF
THEM.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S KARA
DIXON JOINS US NOW WITH
HOW CHAPMAN'S FAMILY IS
USING WHAT
HAPPENED IN TINY
PORTSMOUTH TO TACKLE
POLICE BRUTALITY ISSUES.
CHAPMAN'S FAMILY GOT A
LOT OF THINGS THEY WANTED
OUT OF THE CASE- A
CONVICTION
FOR RANKIN AND A
SETTLEMENT WITH THE CITY.
BUT THEY SAY NO
PUNISHMENT, NO MONEY WAS
WORTH WILLIAM'S LIFE.
THE PAIN THEY FEEL NOW IS
SOMETHING THEY DON'T WANT
OTHER FAMILIES TO
SUFFER THROUGH.
(NAT)
EARL LEWIS-COUSIN OF
WILLIAM CHAPMAN
21;31;57;22 CERTAIN
PARTS OF THE CITY, LIKE
FREDERICK BLVD, WE CAN'T
DRIVE DOWN.
PLACES AND DATES THAT
REMIND EARL LEWIS OF HIS
COUSIN WILLIAM CHAPMAN'S
DEATH STILL
HAUNT HIM.
EARL LEWIS-COUSIN OF
WILLIAM CHAPMAN
21:31:13:23 THAT
HURT COMES BACK ALL OVER
AGAIN.
APRIL 22ND,2015-THAT DAY
THREE YEARS AGO- WHEN
FORMER PORTHSMOUTH
OFFICER
STEPHEN RANKIN SHOT AND
KILLED 18 YEAR OLD
CHAPMAN AT THIS WALMART.
WALMART CALLED FOR A
POSSIBLE SHOPLIFTER.
RANKIN CONFRONTED CHAPMAN
IN THE
PARKING LOT.
A SCUFFLE HAPPENED.
ONLY RANKIN MADE IT OUT
ALIVE.
(NAT)
FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF
HIS DEATH, LEWIS AND
CHAPMAN'S MOTHER SALLY
HELD A
VIGIL FOR HIM AND THE
MANY OTHERS KILLED BY
POLICE.
EARL LEWIS-COUSIN OF
WILLIAM CHAPMAN
21;31;41;19 TO LOSE
SOMEONE WHO'S 18 IN THE
FAMILY, IT'S A TRAGEDY.
IT'S
DEFINITELY A TRAGEDY.IT'S
HEARTWRENCHING WHEN WE
EVEN THINK
ABOUT IT
STEPHANIE
MORALES-COMMONWEALTH'S
ATTORNEY
22;11;30;03 JUST TO
SEE SOMETHING THAT HAD
BEEN HAPPENING ALL AROUND
THE COUNTRY,
HAPPEN IN OUR CITY, IT
WAS ALARMING BECAUSE WE
LOST A SON IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY
STEPHANIE MORALES-ONLY IN
OFFICE FOR THREE
MONTHS WHEN CHAPMAN
DIED.PUT TO THE TEST, SHE
TOOK ON ON SOMETHING SHE
SAYS OTHER PROSECUTORS
MIGHT NOT HAVE.
STEPHANIE
MORALES-COMMONWEALTH'S
ATTORNEY
22;15;57;25 I FIRMLY
BELIEVE THE LAW DOES
PERMIT PEOPLE TO
PROSECUTE OFFICERS
WHEN THEY COMMIT A CRIME.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
THAT BELIEVE DIFFERENTLY
. THEY
REALLY REFUSE TO LOOK AT
A DIFFERENT THINKER.
AND THAT WORKED OUT FOR
MORALS AND THE CHAPMANS.
WHILE BALTIMORE BURNED
FOR THE DEATH OF FREDDIE
GRAY-WHO DIED IN POLICE
CUSTODY, NO CHARGES FILED
FOR THE OFFICERS WHO SHOT
AND KILLED 18 YEAR OLD
MIKE BROWN IN FERGUSON ,
CHARGES AND 12 YEAR OLD
TAMIR RICE IN CLEVELAND,
THE
JURY HERE IN PORTSMOUTH
CONVICTED RANKIN TO SERVE
TWO AND HALF
YEARS IN PRISON.
EARL LEWIS-COUSIN OF
WILLIAM CHAPMAN
21;47;12;14 FOR
WHATEVER REASON, THE
SYSTEM WORKED FOR US THIS
TIME. ITS A
GREAT FEELING BUT, IT'S
STILL A WHOLE LOT OF
WORK. THAT WAS ONE DAY.
THAT WAS ONE
PERSON.
STEPHANIE
MORALES-COMMONWEALTH'S
ATTORNEY
22;18;32;16 WE HAD
FOUGHT FOR THAT MOMENT.
IT WAS ABOUT WHAT WAS
TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT
GOING TO DO OUR VERY BEST
FOR THEM.
AND LEWIS AND MORALES
EXPLODED LIKE WE ALL
WATCHED IN
FERGUSON,CHARLOTTE, AND
BALTIMORE.
EARL LEWIS-COUSIN OF
WILLIAM CHAPMAN
21;43;51;18 THIS IS
OUR CITY. THIS IS OUR
CITY. IF WE TEAR UP OUR
CITY, WHAT DO WE HAVE?
(NAT)
AND BECAUSE OF THE TRIAL
AND THE OUTCOME, BOTH
BELIEVE A BETTER
CITY-ONE WHERE PEOPLE CAN
BELIEVE THEY'LL GET
JUSTICE.
STEPHANIE
MORALES-COMMONWEALTH'S
ATTORNEY
22;25;03;04 I WILL SAY
THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAME
TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT
WAY, NO MATTER
WHAT SIDE OF THE FENCE
THEY WERE ON, WE DID FIND
COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT TO
DO. THEY
KNOW TO CALL THIS OFFICE
AN WE WILL GIVE THEM
INFORMATION WITHOUT
COMPROMISING THE
INVESTIGATION OR
PROSECUTION. EARL
LEWIS-COUSIN OF WILLIAM
CHAPMAN
21;58;42;17 IT'S UP TO
THE COMMUNITY TO WORK
TOGETHER SO THERE'S NOT
TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY,
AND WE DID (TAG)
LEWIS SAYS TWO OF THE
HE ALSO WANTS SOME TYPE
OF CENTER FOR THE
COMMUNITY SO KIDS LIKE
CHAPMAN CAN GO
THERE.
RANKIN HAD APPEALED TO
GET HIS CONVICTION
OVERTURNED. THE COURT OF
APPEALS UNANAMIOUSLY
DENIED THAT LAST WEEK.
I'M KARA DIXON 10 ON YOUR
SIDE