0:00:02 > 0:00:04This programme contains very strong language
0:00:04 > 0:00:07and from the start contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10MUFFLED CONVERSATION OVER RADIO
0:01:57 > 0:02:00It's not as easy as it looks in the movies.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04You don't just shoot somebody and, "OK, let's go back to work,"
0:02:04 > 0:02:07or, you know...
0:02:07 > 0:02:09There's nobody out there that it doesn't weigh heavily on.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36There's so many people out there
0:02:36 > 0:02:38trying to kill you for absolutely no reason.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43I can't tell you how many times I've been assaulted on the job.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45It's just... It's part of the job.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- NEWSREADERS:- ..police are investigating a deadly altercation
0:02:49 > 0:02:51between a Portsmouth officer and a suspect.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Gunfire rattled customers and morning commuters
0:02:54 > 0:02:58outside Walmart just 30 minutes after the store opened.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Investigators say an officer shot and killed the 18-year-old suspect.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04It was an 18-year-old male.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07He allegedly shoplifted from this Walmart.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09And the guy came at him
0:03:09 > 0:03:11and we heard two shots and the cop took a shot at him.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14And the guy fell, I mean, he went down quick.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Deadly force has gained national attention
0:03:17 > 0:03:20ever since a teenager was shot dead in Ferguson, Missouri.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Deadly force used once again here.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30I did exactly what I was trained to do.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32I followed the department policy step by step.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35I followed our training step by step.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37I followed the law.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Normally, you get three weeks of administrative leave
0:03:42 > 0:03:45where they investigate if you did anything wrong.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49And then you come back to work after that three weeks
0:03:49 > 0:03:53and, uh, they give you a medal for a valorous act,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56if that's appropriate, which it usually is.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Three weeks and a medal.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13We begin with breaking news in Portsmouth,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16where a police officer has been indicted for first-degree murder.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Today, the Office of the Commonwealth's attorney,
0:04:19 > 0:04:21by way of direct indictment,
0:04:21 > 0:04:23presented the case against Stephen Rankin
0:04:23 > 0:04:25for the shooting death of William Chapman.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Stephen Rankin, the defendant, is now charged with first-degree murder
0:04:29 > 0:04:32and the use of a firearm with the commission of a felony.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- Once the defendant... - Nobody understood why she did that.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40First-degree murder in Virginia involves premeditation.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42The indisputable facts of the case,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44the things that she can't get around,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46are that I was called to this location
0:04:46 > 0:04:48and that I had never met this guy before,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51so she would have somehow had to say that
0:04:51 > 0:04:53while driving my car,
0:04:53 > 0:04:58I premeditated a murder of this individual,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01and it's just... It doesn't make any sense.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Despite whatever the facts of the case are,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08we've almost always a kneejerk reaction to,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11"Oh, the police officer shot somebody, he must be wrong."
0:05:11 > 0:05:13I believe it's not just me that's on trial,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16I believe it's all American police officers are on trial right now.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19And it's my butt that's in the hot-seat.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45I called them and I said...
0:05:46 > 0:05:49I said I heard about there was a shoot-out at Walmart
0:05:49 > 0:05:51and somebody was dead at Walmart,
0:05:51 > 0:05:55and they said it was a male...
0:05:55 > 0:05:59First, they said it was a juvenile, then they said he was 18 or whatever
0:05:59 > 0:06:03and I was like, "Well, my son is not home, and he goes to Walmart."
0:06:03 > 0:06:07She asked me what his name was, and I told them.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11And she said, "His name is what?" and I said it again.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15And she's like, "Ma'am, please hold."
0:06:15 > 0:06:17They came to my yard,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20and I told them, don't come no closer, just let me know,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23and they still didn't pay me no mind. They walked up to me,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I guess he had to be up close and personal when he told me,
0:06:26 > 0:06:31and he were like, "Yes, ma'am, sorry, that was your son...William
0:06:31 > 0:06:34"that passed at Walmart at 7.30-something in the morning."
0:06:37 > 0:06:39And...I just hollered.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Say hey, Gabby! Gabby, hey!
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Big girl!
0:06:49 > 0:06:52I didn't want to hear it.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55And I... I didn't want it to be true.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01I didn't even tell my daughter that...
0:07:01 > 0:07:05What they said out there, calling 911, I didn't even tell her.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08But when she heard me holler, she already knew.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12She ain't been the same since.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Since he shot my brother, I never came outside.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23I feel like I'm taking a risk,
0:07:23 > 0:07:25like my brother took a risk,
0:07:25 > 0:07:27from going to Walmart, and I...
0:07:27 > 0:07:28don't want nothing to happen to me.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29I just...
0:07:31 > 0:07:33I just feel scared.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Some people are talking about, "That's what he get,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40"that's what he deserve, he was a thug."
0:07:40 > 0:07:42My brother wasn't a thug.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45He wasn't...like that. He didn't gangbang or nothing.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48He wasn't into gangs.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52He just liked doing karate and skateboarding.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53You know the saying, like,
0:07:53 > 0:07:58you know how people be like, "You, black boy, you act white"?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00That's just how he is.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05I was asleep all that day, and then when I woke up,
0:08:05 > 0:08:09they were just like, "Your cousin got shot," or something.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13I ain't know...cos it's a town with a lot of stuff going on.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17A couple of my cousins got shot. But I ain't expect it to be him.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18That just...
0:08:18 > 0:08:21It hurt me, though, like, to see him got shot.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22It really hurt.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24He got hit in the face.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30It's just weird, you know, when they talk about how William
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- lunged at the officer or stuff like that.- No.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35He would have never did that. If anything, he would have ran.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38You know, cos William wasn't no fighter.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42He was a quiet child, and everyone understand.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45He liked to read. He had a lot of books.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47When I were young he used to take me to the library,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49I'm like, "Where you going here, fool?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52"I'm not no book-crazy, so I ain't like that!"
0:08:52 > 0:08:56He used to like... He liked to read books and stuff at home.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59So I don't really like the police.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01They're supposed to protect you, but they kill you.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05If I see that officer, I'm running.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07Won't catch me.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39GUNSHOT
0:09:50 > 0:09:53SEVEN RAPID GUNSHOTS
0:09:53 > 0:09:55GUNSHOT
0:09:57 > 0:09:58FREDDIE SCREAMS
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Freddie Gray broke his neck
0:10:00 > 0:10:03after Baltimore police arrested him, back on April 12th.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- REPORTER:- Gunfire and blood on the streets as protesters
0:10:23 > 0:10:26continue for a second night surrounding the anniversary...
0:10:26 > 0:10:27They're getting away with it!
0:10:27 > 0:10:29They can do it again and again and again.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33This, as massive protests erupt in major cities all across the country,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36including Baltimore, New York City and Washington DC.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38SHOUTING
0:10:42 > 0:10:45PROTESTERS CHANT
0:10:45 > 0:10:48PRESIDENT OBAMA: The fact is, in too many parts of this country,
0:10:48 > 0:10:49a deep distrust exists
0:10:49 > 0:10:52between law enforcement and communities of colour.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05VIDEO PLAYS ON TABLET
0:11:05 > 0:11:08We did watch it on YouTube.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13And I was telling William,
0:11:13 > 0:11:17I said, "William," I said, "it is very different out there."
0:11:17 > 0:11:19He were like, "Mom, don't let it bother you."
0:11:19 > 0:11:20He said, "That'll never be me."
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Hey. How you doing?
0:11:48 > 0:11:50All right.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54It's crazy, like, I can't even keep my eyes open.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58I got to get some sleep, I just can't.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01You gon' need to be rested,
0:12:01 > 0:12:03because it's going to be a tiring
0:12:03 > 0:12:05and taxing process for you,
0:12:05 > 0:12:06cos you're going to have to,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08you know, sit there and hear everything as it comes in.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10It's going to be difficult.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I want to see any sort of lies he's gonna say.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Wish I could stand up and say, "I disagree."
0:12:16 > 0:12:18"You're lying." But I can't.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20I can't tell you what's going to happen.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24The good thing is, we're all from Portsmouth.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29I know you have great faith in the people of this city, just like I do,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31that they're going to get on that jury
0:12:31 > 0:12:33and do the job that they're supposed to do.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36We just want the truth, you know?
0:12:36 > 0:12:40And just to give some life back to our family,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42back to our community.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Just back to America, period.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50That justice can be served, you know? That's all we're asking for.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53And if we can't get justice in 2016, God knows, I don't know.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58We're going to rise up again as a family.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01And we're going to let the world know...
0:13:01 > 0:13:03enough is enough.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Enough is enough.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22It's really stressful.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26There's a lot at stake,
0:13:26 > 0:13:28especially it being a first-degree murder charge.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31The max term for that is life in prison.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34And Virginia doesn't have a parole programme,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37so it would be life in prison.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38It's scary.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42It's so...
0:13:42 > 0:13:44infuriating...
0:13:45 > 0:13:52..to know that people who don't even know him would go to such lengths
0:13:52 > 0:13:56to make him seem like such a terrible human being.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- FEMALE OFFICER:- You don't need to be there, it's OK.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07The climate in this country right now is extremely volatile.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11The year running up to the indictment itself,
0:14:11 > 0:14:16there had been protests and just constant news coverage.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20And people making T-shirts and people making posters saying
0:14:20 > 0:14:22that he should be charged.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25So, no, we weren't surprised.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28He had been tried and convicted in the media
0:14:28 > 0:14:31long before the indictment ever came.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35It's a dangerous time to be a police officer.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Is that a cop?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40It's a cop down.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Dude, that's a cop down!
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Dude, that's a cop down!
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- Yeah, he shot five, seven times? - It's a dude?!
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- No, it's a sniper from up here somewhere.- It's a sniper?!
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- You hear the shots?- Get down! - Get down, get down.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58- In the name of Jesus! - SIRENS BLARE
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Shit!
0:15:03 > 0:15:05There's a fuckin' sniper. He shot four cops.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07GUNSHOT
0:15:07 > 0:15:09I'm not... You hear it! He's shootin' right now!
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Can y'all see him?
0:15:11 > 0:15:12GUNSHOT
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Get back! Get back!
0:15:52 > 0:15:54They're going to block us.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57You can't... You're refusing us service?
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Let it be known that Walmart is refusing us service.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Quiet, quiet, please!
0:16:05 > 0:16:07You're more than welcome to come in and shop,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09but we do not allow cameras in the building.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10That's Walmart policy.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14So if you're here to shop, you're more than welcome to do that.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- What do we want? CROWD:- Justice!
0:16:20 > 0:16:21- When do we want it?- Now!
0:16:21 > 0:16:23- What do we want?- Justice!
0:16:23 > 0:16:25- When do we want it?- Now!
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- What do we want?- Justice!
0:16:27 > 0:16:29- When do we want it?- Now!
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- What do we want?- Justice!
0:16:32 > 0:16:34I think they're coming out the other side.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- Justice! - When do we want it?- Now!
0:16:37 > 0:16:39- What do we want?- Justice!
0:16:39 > 0:16:40- When do we want it?- Now!
0:16:40 > 0:16:46In this very spot, William Chapman was murdered one year ago.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Unarmed.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52A young man who could have been your son, your brother,
0:16:52 > 0:16:56your cousin, was murdered by an officer,
0:16:56 > 0:17:00and we want to turn this over to William Chapman's mother so she
0:17:00 > 0:17:04can let you know just what's on her heart tonight and going forward.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Hello.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Thank all of y'all.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Thank you. And I can't believe that this chalk is still here.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21That's a sign, cos even though he's not here in person,
0:17:21 > 0:17:22he's still here in spirit.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24He'd want us...
0:17:24 > 0:17:27He'd want us to keep speaking for him because he's not here
0:17:27 > 0:17:29to speak for himself.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33God knows he's not here, he's supposed to be here...
0:17:33 > 0:17:36This is ridiculous. It's ridiculous!
0:17:36 > 0:17:38It should have never happened.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40That was my baby who went to that fuckin' store!
0:17:40 > 0:17:43And he wanted to come home.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46If he'd stepped off that street right there, he would've been home.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49But he never made it. That man knew my baby wanted to go home!
0:17:51 > 0:17:54And guess what? I'm still a little afraid...
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- but I'm not alone no more. - That's right, that's right.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00I'm not alone no more.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02APPLAUSE
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Mine's going right here.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07There you go.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Freedom is a God-given right.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13And it's not up to me, and it's not up to you, and it's not up to
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Stephen Rankin whether you make it back home.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20So we're keeping the light on for justice.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24This week is a very big week.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Wednesday starts the trial for Officer Rankin.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32We want justice and we're tired of hearing "no conviction".
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Justice for William, William Chapman.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36ALL: William Chapman.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- William Chapman.- William Chapman.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- William Chapman.- William Chapman.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42My baby.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43My son that never came home.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51Yeah, that's what I said, I'm not alone. I'm not alone no more. Yeah.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58DOG BARKS
0:19:00 > 0:19:04..A judge deciding on evidence in a former police officer's murder
0:19:04 > 0:19:09trial, lawyers for former officer Stephen Rankin want to introduce
0:19:09 > 0:19:1318-year-old William Chapman's school records into evidence.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Defence attorneys for the former Portsmouth cop charged with murder
0:19:15 > 0:19:19plan to highlight the troubled history of the teen he killed...
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Mr Chapman had a felony record as a juvenile.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25He had an assaultive behaviour record.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29So all those things are relevant in determining, who's the aggressor,
0:19:29 > 0:19:33who's the one with the violent and turbulent background?
0:19:35 > 0:19:37A court found him guilty -
0:19:37 > 0:19:39in the juvenile system, it's called not innocent -
0:19:39 > 0:19:41of four violent offences.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Hello.- Hello.- How's everybody today?
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- How are you?- Is it happy hour time yet? Close enough?
0:19:54 > 0:19:58The law allows, as we indicated during the hearing,
0:19:58 > 0:20:03for the defence to introduce evidence of an alleged victim's
0:20:03 > 0:20:06violent, aggressive or turbulent nature.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09And the hope then is that, from these records,
0:20:09 > 0:20:12you may be able to subpoena witnesses? Can you explain that?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- Potentially, yes.- Of course, it's difficult because the family's
0:20:15 > 0:20:17going to say that William Chapman is the victim
0:20:17 > 0:20:18and he shouldn't be put on trial,
0:20:18 > 0:20:22so he shouldn't have his dirt exposed in an open court.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24What would you say about that?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27We have an obligation to zealously represent our client,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30and present a defence.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32William Chapman is not on trial.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35That's what I really think about that, OK?
0:20:35 > 0:20:39What he did as a young man cannot reflect somebody shooting him
0:20:39 > 0:20:41in the head with a gun. He was unarmed.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46He was young, he grew up and he didn't get an opportunity
0:20:46 > 0:20:49to become a man because Rankin shot him.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52If we're going to go with background checks,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54let's check out his police record.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58SIREN BLARES
0:21:22 > 0:21:24He was just banging on the door.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Like, he didn't do nothing bad.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30I mean, he was super drunk.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37I was like, in my head, I knew who it was, but I didn't know for sure.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41So I knocked on my neighbour's door.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44I told her, "We need to call cops," because she didn't want
0:21:44 > 0:21:47to go downstairs and I didn't want to go downstairs.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52I think, like, it's something what I did was wrong.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Because we shouldn't call police.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02SIREN BLARES
0:22:26 > 0:22:30GUNFIRE
0:22:40 > 0:22:43MUFFLED SPEECH
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Rankin said he charged him.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53I'm telling you, he couldn't take three steps without falling down.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54That's how drunk he was.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59This is where I seen him last.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02I left him right here.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04I tripped over the steps a lot of times.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09But I think he was banging right here, just knocking,
0:23:09 > 0:23:13you know, trying to get in and yelling to Natalya, "Open the door."
0:23:13 > 0:23:16And...when the cop came out of nowhere...
0:23:19 > 0:23:24..he just, you know, "Hey, freeze," gave his command.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27I think Kirill actually tripped over here.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Because when I saw his body, it was over here.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Officer Rankin's story was that Kirill had his hands in his pants.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Yeah, they're always going to say that, you know what I'm saying?
0:23:38 > 0:23:40They're going to say that he had his hand in his pants.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41They say that everybody.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46You know, like the officer who shot the guy in Boston. He lied.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48This is where they were.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Each and every last one of the shells that hit Kirill.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54You can count the bullets, many times they shot him.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58There's one, two, three, four...
0:23:59 > 0:24:04..five, six, seven, eight,
0:24:04 > 0:24:06nine, ten, 11...
0:24:06 > 0:24:10It seemed like he was just going like this...
0:24:10 > 0:24:11You know?
0:24:11 > 0:24:14I think when he shot the first time, he was still alive.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16I think when he got the first round in him, he was still alive.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Now you're in trouble.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21So he finished up the job. It's an assassination. He killed him.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24You fucked up, Rankin.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25You fucked up.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27You're a fuckin' asshole.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28You killed my friend.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38That's it.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57When I read his statement,
0:24:57 > 0:24:59it specifically said, "hand in the waistband".
0:24:59 > 0:25:02A chill went up my spine.
0:25:02 > 0:25:07And I realised this was not a standard line-of-duty shooting.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10I realised that...
0:25:10 > 0:25:12this was what he'd been waiting for.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19I met Stephen Rankin when I was 17 years old.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23He was 22, about to be 23.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29I had been dating him for six weeks when he proposed.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Judging by the couch,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38this must have been at my mom's house before we were married.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43He used to like taking pictures of all of his guns.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50Every time we were in the presence of any other police officer
0:25:50 > 0:25:52or any person who carried a gun,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54he would pose the question,
0:25:54 > 0:25:58"Don't you think you'd be justified in shooting somebody
0:25:58 > 0:26:01"if they put their hand on their waistband?"
0:26:05 > 0:26:08It was almost like an icebreaker for him.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14After the first shooting, not only was he told it was OK,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17but in his world he was empowered by it.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19It made him a hero.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21It made him a badass.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Why give that up? Why stop?
0:26:30 > 0:26:35I believe that if William Chapman taunted him or baited him,
0:26:35 > 0:26:40it was because he never thought for a second that
0:26:40 > 0:26:45somebody in a police uniform would actually want to end his life.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50William Chapman had the wrong cop.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59There are some people that come into law enforcement
0:26:59 > 0:27:01that are not suited for the job.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07And I think that Stephen Rankin was one of those people.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13He had a tendency to generate a lot of citizen complaints.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18He had more than his share of use-of-force incidents.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23And a lot of those use-of-force reports that he filled out
0:27:23 > 0:27:24seemed questionable.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28He was one of these guys that could, like,
0:27:28 > 0:27:31cause a riot at his church social.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34He could just go to any event and it would just, like,
0:27:34 > 0:27:36escalate out of control, some way.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40I made a recommendation that Officer Rankin be terminated.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42I thought he'd be fired.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48It was several months before Officer Rankin was involved
0:27:48 > 0:27:50in his first shooting incident.
0:27:52 > 0:27:53Didn't surprise me.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00I think you could have put 100 other officers in that same situation
0:28:00 > 0:28:02and you would not have had that same outcome.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08It's highly unusual for an officer
0:28:08 > 0:28:11to shoot and kill two unarmed people.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14I've not heard of that before.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Show me your hands! Show me your hands!
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Get on your knees!
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Please don't shoot. It wasn't me, sir!
0:28:45 > 0:28:47I didn't do it, officer! I didn't do...
0:29:00 > 0:29:02The first man he killed, he was a grown man,
0:29:02 > 0:29:04but that was that lady's baby.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08She didn't get justice for her son,
0:29:08 > 0:29:11but if Rankin gets convicted,
0:29:11 > 0:29:13that's her justice right there.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15I feel like that's both of ours.
0:29:19 > 0:29:20He took our babies.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00Oh, God.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15I know she can't understand because she doesn't speak that good English.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18I'm here for you.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27We can get through this together.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50He won't get away with it no more.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Have faith in God.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55- Mm-hmm.- Faith in God.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34YELLING
0:31:34 > 0:31:36If you fucking move, I swear to God.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39GUNSHOTS
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Get on the ground!
0:31:43 > 0:31:45GUNSHOTS
0:31:45 > 0:31:46Stay with me.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50We got pulled over for a busted tail-light in the back
0:31:50 > 0:31:52and the officer just shot him in his arm.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56- We're waiting for...- Keep your hands where they are.- I will, sir.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57- No worries, I will.- Fuck!
0:31:57 > 0:32:00I told him not to reach for it! I told him to get his hand off it!
0:32:00 > 0:32:04He had... You told him to get his ID, sir, his driver's license.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Oh, my God, please don't tell me he's dead.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Please don't tell me my boyfriend just went like that.
0:32:10 > 0:32:11Keep your hands where they are, please.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15Yes, I will, sir, I'll keep my hands where they are.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Please don't tell me this, Lord.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Please, Jesus, don't tell me that he's gone.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34- NEWSREADER:- The murder trial of a former Portsmouth police officer,
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Stephen Rankin, starts in just about an hour and a half.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Months-in-the-making trial gets under way for the former
0:32:40 > 0:32:44police officer accused of killing a teen shoplifting suspect.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48It's a trial with plenty of security and plenty of people
0:32:48 > 0:32:50with something to say outside the courtroom.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52No more. No more violence.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56Take the guns out of our community, out of our community.
0:32:56 > 0:32:57And when you give the guns to the police,
0:32:57 > 0:33:00make sure his mental is good to go.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Yeah, there's a rally gathering.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06They'll be leaving now in a couple more minutes.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10There's some people still there.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17I'm going to share it on Facebook again.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21Cos at the very beginning we were slaves over here, OK?
0:33:21 > 0:33:22We was in the cotton fields.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24But we come in peace. We want peace.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28I'm not communicating?
0:33:28 > 0:33:30First of all, let me tell you something.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32William Chapman died...
0:33:32 > 0:33:34- Why was he shot?- Why was he shot?
0:33:34 > 0:33:35- Yeah.- Why was he shot? He was unarmed.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Why was he shot? You tell me why he was shot.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39- He was resisting arrest. - He was resisting arrest?
0:33:39 > 0:33:41I've seen a lot of police officers
0:33:41 > 0:33:43just want to take black folk's lives.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46We're not going to take this. We can't.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Back it off, back it off, back it off.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50We don't want to hear ignorance.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53And people talking about slaves -
0:33:53 > 0:33:57we white people came from Europe and they're just servants.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00We were as much handicapped as any other race there is.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02- LAUGHTER - OK?
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Do you think that's funny? Look up your history, young man.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- I know my history.- OK. - I know my history.- OK.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10NEWSREADER: The trial comes amid rising tensions between police
0:34:10 > 0:34:13and the community over recent high-profile
0:34:13 > 0:34:15officer-involved shootings across the country.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20I'm really anxious about this cos he's claiming self-defence
0:34:20 > 0:34:22and I just want to know...
0:34:22 > 0:34:24I'm ready to hear how it all went down.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29I want to know what he has to say or whatever,
0:34:29 > 0:34:32and I wish I could stand up and say "I object", because I know
0:34:32 > 0:34:36it's going to be a whole bunch of trickery, foolishness.
0:34:36 > 0:34:37Come on, baby.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Come on.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Rankin was escorted through a secure door.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46We were not able to talk to him. Heavily guarded.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Not only that, his vehicle was escorted by
0:34:49 > 0:34:52a law enforcement escort - sheriffs, deputies and police
0:34:52 > 0:34:55obviously concerned about his safety during this trial.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58These people are exercising their First Amendment rights.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59We're going to help them do it.
0:34:59 > 0:35:04And as long as they don't interfere with the process, we're happy.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08None of us could have foreseen the circumstances that developed
0:35:08 > 0:35:10beginning in the summertime.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Baton Rouge and Minneapolis and then Dallas,
0:35:13 > 0:35:17all of which we were concerned about in terms of how it would affect
0:35:17 > 0:35:20jurors, how it would affect the safety of the participants
0:35:20 > 0:35:22to the case.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26For security reasons, the court is not identifying any of
0:35:26 > 0:35:30the jury members, they're using numbers to protect their privacy.
0:35:33 > 0:35:38This is serious business and I was scared.
0:35:38 > 0:35:39It's scary. You don't know.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41I mean, you just don't know what people are going to do,
0:35:41 > 0:35:44you didn't know if they were going to show our faces,
0:35:44 > 0:35:47if they were going to tell our names.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49I don't want to give anybody any way to find me.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54There's too much racial division in this country already
0:35:54 > 0:35:57that I don't want any haters showing up at my door.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04This is the group of people that will decide Stephen Rankin's fate.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10God, I just ask you to keep us and guide us,
0:36:10 > 0:36:11to make sure that we are all right.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15And we know without you, Lord, it would not be possible.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17And we're going to put this together in such a way
0:36:17 > 0:36:20that they're going to know they got to give us justice.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22- Amen.- Amen.
0:36:22 > 0:36:23Let's go in.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Hi. Hi!
0:36:32 > 0:36:33Hi.
0:37:18 > 0:37:19Please be seated.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Enquire about why they're wearing their hats.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32No hats in the courtroom.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Can you take your hat off, please?
0:37:38 > 0:37:41'Every time I see him, like, my stomach drops.'
0:37:43 > 0:37:45And I'm just looking at him.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47He never would turn his head, you know,
0:37:47 > 0:37:50he has no emotion and I'm just like...
0:37:51 > 0:37:53..who are you?
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Right, bailiff, bring the jury up, please.
0:37:59 > 0:38:00When things like this happen,
0:38:00 > 0:38:03everything that you do is ripped apart.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06And your life becomes a spectator sport.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12'There's a lot of people there that don't like you very much,'
0:38:12 > 0:38:15that think you're terrible people.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Obviously, you must be terrible people
0:38:17 > 0:38:19if you're sitting on that side.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23'We have had some pretty credible threats on our lives.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26'After the shooting itself first happened,
0:38:26 > 0:38:28'the police department put us in a hotel for a week out of town.'
0:38:28 > 0:38:30People were talking on Twitter about how, you know,
0:38:30 > 0:38:33"I know where they live, they live right behind me,
0:38:33 > 0:38:35"we're going to go to their house, blah, blah, blah."
0:38:35 > 0:38:38So they chose to create this detail
0:38:38 > 0:38:41just to make sure that it was deemed safe.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Commonwealth of Virginia versus Stephen Rankin.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- Is the Commonwealth ready? - Commonwealth's ready.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49- Is the defence ready? - Yes, Your Honour.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53This matter involved a first-degree murder.
0:38:55 > 0:38:56This defendant, Stephen Rankin,
0:38:56 > 0:39:00shot and killed 18-year-old William Chapman.
0:39:00 > 0:39:05He did this with premeditation, and he did this intentionally.
0:39:07 > 0:39:08Ladies and gentlemen...
0:39:09 > 0:39:12The evidence will show...
0:39:12 > 0:39:14that this was his last resort.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20The evidence will prove to you that this was his last line of defence.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22The evidence will demonstrate to you...
0:39:24 > 0:39:30..Stephen Rankin had no choice but to discharge his service revolver...
0:39:31 > 0:39:36..to stop an assailant who was charging to disarm him...
0:39:37 > 0:39:38..from his own ground.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43Rankin's attorney said the teen escalated the situation
0:39:43 > 0:39:45by refusing Rankin's commands.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48The defence said Chapman became violent,
0:39:48 > 0:39:50knocking Rankin's Taser away,
0:39:50 > 0:39:53and leaving Rankin no choice but to shoot.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00- Thank you, Your Honour. May I approach the witness?- You may.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Tell the jury about how the Taser works
0:40:05 > 0:40:08in conjunction with a Taser camera.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10OK. So...
0:40:10 > 0:40:14The Taser was very significant, because it's the only objective,
0:40:14 > 0:40:16unbiased witness.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19The tape doesn't lie. What's said on the tape doesn't lie.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Rankin's Taser had a 15-second missing gap in its video,
0:40:37 > 0:40:42and it's in that missing portion when the police shooting took place.
0:40:42 > 0:40:4615 seconds in between. That's what my concern is.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50And when the Taser supposedly came back on, he was lying down dead.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52So my thing is this, right here.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54The family will want to ask,
0:40:54 > 0:40:57what happened to 15 seconds?
0:40:57 > 0:41:00And that right there will tell the truth. That will tell us the truth.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05It was incredibly frustrating, and on top of that,
0:41:05 > 0:41:07the prosecutor is accusing us of deleting it.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14If that footage was there, this would have been so much easier.
0:41:14 > 0:41:15Erm...
0:41:15 > 0:41:17But...
0:41:17 > 0:41:20I guess the experts said that the Taser malfunctioned
0:41:20 > 0:41:22because it hit the ground so hard.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24It was incredibly frustrating.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27That 15 seconds would have been crucial.
0:41:30 > 0:41:36Mr Chapman knocked the Taser out of the officer's hands,
0:41:36 > 0:41:39flew 20 to 30 feet, in the air,
0:41:39 > 0:41:42on a grass median strip.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44And he hit that Taser so hard...
0:41:46 > 0:41:47..it stopped working.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52And at that time, the evidence will prove to you
0:41:52 > 0:41:55that Mr Chapman turned from a shoplifter...
0:41:56 > 0:41:58..to an assailant. To a threat...
0:42:00 > 0:42:02..as he disarmed and assaulted this officer.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Just a few minutes ago, we got to see
0:42:20 > 0:42:23the immediate aftermath for ourselves
0:42:23 > 0:42:26of that shooting from Rankin's Taser video.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Let's go to this video.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31You will see a man standing there near the kerb.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33That is the worker at Wal-Mart.
0:42:33 > 0:42:38He was the one that reported Chapman as a shoplifting suspect.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41The prosecution called its star witness to the stand,
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Wal-Mart's loss prevention officer.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Good morning, sir. Please state your name for the court.
0:42:48 > 0:42:49Gregory Provo.
0:42:49 > 0:42:50Mr Provo, how are you employed?
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- I do security for Wal-Mart.... - HIS VOICE FADES OUT
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Tell the court what you observed outside of the Wal-Mart
0:43:01 > 0:43:02on that morning.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06I saw Officer Rankin, at that point, pulling his gun out.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08He was giving commands, "Get on the ground."
0:43:08 > 0:43:12At this point, Rankin was basically right beside me.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15The guy made a quick gesture to fight.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18After that, that's when there was two shots came off ringing.
0:43:18 > 0:43:22Are you certain about whether he charged or lunged at the officer?
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Yes, I am sure, and he did not charge.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26- And he did not lunge?- No.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28- And you could see his hands? - Correct.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30- No gun in his hands? - No, I didn't see nothing.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32- No knife in his hands?- Correct.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34Thank you, sir. I don't have anything further.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38The Commonwealth argued Rankin couldn't have felt threatened
0:43:38 > 0:43:41because Chapman didn't move forward
0:43:41 > 0:43:46and at no time did he see Chapman lunge or charge at Officer Rankin.
0:43:46 > 0:43:50- Have a nice weekend. - You too.- Thank you.
0:43:50 > 0:43:51You OK?
0:43:54 > 0:43:56The officer was right here.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59My brother's right here, that's how far they was,
0:43:59 > 0:44:01so how is that a threat? That's what I don't understand.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03And they were just in front of each other,
0:44:03 > 0:44:06and he was further away from William.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08And they were just exchanging words,
0:44:08 > 0:44:10and he just opened fire and shot him.
0:44:11 > 0:44:13You killed him on purpose. You took...
0:44:13 > 0:44:15You took his whole life away from him.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18He did not have no type of weapon on him at all,
0:44:18 > 0:44:20so it doesn't justify anything.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23The officer had no reason to kill him.
0:44:26 > 0:44:27At all.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42Rankin ain't shit. I don't even want to talk about his ass no more.
0:44:42 > 0:44:43I'm about to get justice for my son.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46I'm about to walk away and get with my family. Thank y'all.
0:45:03 > 0:45:07There is a time when we've got to move
0:45:07 > 0:45:11from just loving mercy to doing justice.
0:45:11 > 0:45:12Praise God, praise God.
0:45:12 > 0:45:15We do want justice for William Chapman.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17ALL: Yes!
0:45:17 > 0:45:20CHEERING
0:45:20 > 0:45:23You can go and fight for this country,
0:45:23 > 0:45:25the land of the free and the home of the brave...
0:45:27 > 0:45:31..and not sure if your child is going to make it home
0:45:31 > 0:45:33from a Wal-Mart.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35- Exactly!- Praise the Lord Jesus.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38We stretch our hands towards this family, God.
0:45:38 > 0:45:43As the case is heard and as pictures are painted with tainted facts,
0:45:43 > 0:45:46God, we pray now for the strength of this mother
0:45:46 > 0:45:49who has to relive this situation, Lord.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51The strength of this sister, Lord,
0:45:51 > 0:45:54as they deal with the verdict that shall come forth.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57We pray even for court officials, O God,
0:45:57 > 0:46:00that they administer your justice, O God.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02CHEERING
0:46:02 > 0:46:04I thank you for our sister, O God.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07O God, continue to have people hedging her up.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10Have your angels, Lord God, who are charged over her, O God.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12Gird her up like never before.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17She said the jury would hear Rankin's state of mind.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20She said she would h... The jurors would hear...
0:46:25 > 0:46:26And so, that's where we are right now.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29We do expect the defence to call several more witnesses.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32The question is, do they contradict the statements we heard
0:46:32 > 0:46:35from the Commonwealth's key witness, Gregory Provo?
0:46:35 > 0:46:38Judge, actually, may we approach with one...
0:46:38 > 0:46:40Obviously, perfect world,
0:46:40 > 0:46:44we would have had a Taser video or a body cam,
0:46:44 > 0:46:47showing everything that happened,
0:46:47 > 0:46:49but for Officer Rankin's sake,
0:46:49 > 0:46:52I am glad that there were a number of eyewitnesses there.
0:46:53 > 0:46:54Paul Akey.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59The eyewitnesses are completely unbiased,
0:46:59 > 0:47:04and they were interviewed immediately after the shooting,
0:47:04 > 0:47:07and were able to recount what they observed.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11It looked like, at one time, he had a handcuff on him.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14Like, his left hand was behind him, and the cop had him,
0:47:14 > 0:47:16and then all of a sudden, guy went nuts
0:47:16 > 0:47:18and started whaling on the cop.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21Paul Akey said he had a clear view from the construction site
0:47:21 > 0:47:23attached to the Wal-Mart parking lot.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25And the guy came at him, and the cop took him
0:47:25 > 0:47:28and we heard two shots, and the cop took and shot him.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31And the guy... The guy fell, I mean, he went down quick.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34What was your job at that time?
0:47:39 > 0:47:43Did you see how the man knocked the Taser out of the officer's hands?
0:47:46 > 0:47:48What did you see happen then?
0:47:58 > 0:48:00All right. And what happened then?
0:48:06 > 0:48:10'Guys from the construction crew testified that
0:48:10 > 0:48:13'Rankin was being whaled on, or punched, or hit.'
0:48:13 > 0:48:15You know, they had to be telling the truth
0:48:15 > 0:48:17because they saw that they were in a struggle
0:48:17 > 0:48:19and there was a confrontation.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21They... Their stories were...
0:48:23 > 0:48:24I think, I think not credible.
0:48:24 > 0:48:30They have demonstrated a charge that seemed very unrealistic,
0:48:30 > 0:48:34and put their hands up and showed, like, "This is what he did",
0:48:34 > 0:48:36and then they started doing like this.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38And I was like, "Nobody fights like that".
0:48:38 > 0:48:41That seems like an exaggeration, to say the least.
0:48:42 > 0:48:45And I thought that the most significant and telling point
0:48:45 > 0:48:48was when they talked about Chapman, like,
0:48:48 > 0:48:52taking off his jacket and getting ready to attack Rankin.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55That can only be construed as an aggressive action.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57His hands were in a fighting position, jabbing, lunging.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01I mean, everybody agrees that Mr Chapman
0:49:01 > 0:49:03basically started the fight.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20They're saying my son had on a white shirt and he took it off
0:49:20 > 0:49:22and he charged at the officer.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24My son ain't had...
0:49:24 > 0:49:28He had on a tie-dyed shirt and a hoodie over that.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31And you all the way over on the building that you...
0:49:31 > 0:49:33you building on, but you see all this stuff?
0:49:33 > 0:49:36I mean, it was so... was so many lies.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39And that witness that lied like that?
0:49:41 > 0:49:45Come on, now. You don't lie about stuff like that.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47You don't do that.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49CHILDREN SCREAM
0:49:54 > 0:49:56One witness said his first statement was incomplete
0:49:56 > 0:49:58because he was, quote, "in shock".
0:49:58 > 0:50:00- TV:- '..the Medical Examiner and the ballistics expert.
0:50:00 > 0:50:02'Along with it,
0:50:02 > 0:50:06'testimony difficult for family members of Chapman to see or hear.'
0:50:06 > 0:50:09'..Chapman's bloodied sweatshirt on display for the court.'
0:50:09 > 0:50:13- 'But on cross, defence attorney James Broccoletti...' - TV GOES SILENT
0:50:13 > 0:50:15Yeah.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17Two bullets that he put into my child...
0:50:20 > 0:50:22..ruptured everything in his body.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26And he only could have survived, like, a couple of seconds.
0:50:26 > 0:50:29William was dead before he even hit the ground.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32He shot him to kill him.
0:50:33 > 0:50:36And he shot him twice to make sure that he was dead.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40And he's sitting there like, "self-defence".
0:50:40 > 0:50:43"He was reaching for something, he was coming my way.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45"I shot him, like I did the first one.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47"But they ain't really have nothing.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49"So I'm just going to keep on killing them.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54"So I can say, 'This is my third one,' or, 'This is my fourth one.' "
0:50:58 > 0:51:00I can't talk no more.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03I can't.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28It is a critical day in the murder trial of Stephen Rankin.
0:51:28 > 0:51:29Later this morning,
0:51:29 > 0:51:32the former Portsmouth officer is expected to fight back against
0:51:32 > 0:51:35charges that he intentionally killed an unarmed teenager.
0:51:35 > 0:51:38Rankin is taking the stand in his own defence.
0:51:38 > 0:51:42His defence team hopes its star witness convinces jurors to
0:51:42 > 0:51:44acquit him of first-degree murder.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48Rico, an incredible move by the defence.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51Yeah, Don, trying to bolster their argument for self-defence,
0:51:51 > 0:51:55Rankin's lawyers want jurors to hear testimony from the man himself.
0:51:59 > 0:52:03What are you wanting to hear from Rankin today?
0:52:03 > 0:52:05First of all, I know he's going to stand up there
0:52:05 > 0:52:08and he's going to lie. I know he's going to do that.
0:52:08 > 0:52:10He shows no emotion.
0:52:10 > 0:52:14I want him to say something like, "I shouldn't have took it that far.
0:52:14 > 0:52:16"I should have called for backup."
0:52:16 > 0:52:18I want him to say that, "I took it too far."
0:52:18 > 0:52:20I want him to say that he took it too far.
0:52:20 > 0:52:25How does it feel having Yelena Denyakina here with you,
0:52:25 > 0:52:26side by side?
0:52:26 > 0:52:27SHE SIGHS
0:52:29 > 0:52:32This woman here, she didn't get her justice for her son.
0:52:35 > 0:52:39My case, concerning my son, we still connected.
0:52:39 > 0:52:45We're connected so if I get justice, then we get justice together.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49What are your thoughts about what you've heard
0:52:49 > 0:52:52and about what happened to your son?
0:52:52 > 0:52:53TRANSLATED FROM KAZAKH:
0:53:11 > 0:53:15Rankin, he not only killed your son, but he broke your whole family.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29I was speaking to people in Portsmouth and one woman said...
0:53:29 > 0:53:31she feels like there's going to be a war in Portsmouth.
0:53:31 > 0:53:35There's already a war going on. Y'all don't see it?
0:53:35 > 0:53:37There's already a war going on.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40People killing every day, people dying every day.
0:53:40 > 0:53:45There's already a war going on. Somebody has to put a stop to it.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49They don't put a stop to it, it's going to keep going on.
0:53:52 > 0:53:54Thank you.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59Thanks, Andy.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04SHE SIGHS
0:54:15 > 0:54:16Good morning, everyone.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24All right, bring the jury in, please.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29All right, counsel, you may proceed.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31Judge, we call Mr Rankin.
0:54:34 > 0:54:37Do you solemnly swear that testimony you give in this case shall be the
0:54:37 > 0:54:40truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
0:54:40 > 0:54:41I do.
0:54:41 > 0:54:45I didn't find out that I was going to go to the stand until
0:54:45 > 0:54:49about a week before the trial. Um, everybody assumed that I just knew.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53And so it kind of got dropped on me.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55I said, "Wait, what? I have to testify?"
0:54:55 > 0:54:59Because I had assumed this is all in good hands,
0:54:59 > 0:55:03I've got an amazing legal team and, you know, I'm out of play.
0:55:03 > 0:55:04And I went, "Wait a minute,
0:55:04 > 0:55:07"so my life really is hanging in my hands now."
0:55:07 > 0:55:10We were trained and it's been in our head for our entire careers,
0:55:10 > 0:55:14"Hands up or I'll hurt you. Hands up or I'll kill you."
0:55:14 > 0:55:17And when he's in his pocket and he's telling me he's not going to
0:55:17 > 0:55:23cooperate and his hand is stiff in his pocket,
0:55:23 > 0:55:25I think he's reaching for something.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28I told him, "Take your hand out of your pocket..."
0:55:28 > 0:55:30I don't know how many times. A lot.
0:55:30 > 0:55:34- Did he take his hand out of his pocket?- No, he didn't.
0:55:34 > 0:55:38- And did you deploy your Taser?- I did.
0:55:38 > 0:55:42This is the Taser that I was carrying on the day of the incident.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45You unlock it by flipping your thumb.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48What was the effect?
0:55:49 > 0:55:56Immediately, he became enraged and he became very aggressive.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59He was no longer just resisting. He was...
0:55:59 > 0:56:04At that point, this instantly changed into a fight.
0:56:07 > 0:56:12- A very high-level fight.- How did the Taser get knocked out of your hand?
0:56:12 > 0:56:15He turned and made an aggressive movement and I could feel
0:56:15 > 0:56:18the Taser just go flying out of my hand with great force.
0:56:18 > 0:56:24What effect did knocking the Taser out of your hand have?
0:56:25 > 0:56:27I've been disarmed.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30I'm trying to use this device against him
0:56:30 > 0:56:31and he's disarmed me of it.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33Were you concerned about your weapon
0:56:33 > 0:56:35and about him taking possession of it?
0:56:35 > 0:56:38Yes. He had already got my Taser away from me.
0:56:39 > 0:56:44And I had no reason to think that he was going to stop trying to
0:56:44 > 0:56:47disarm me. I had no reason to think he was going to stop attacking me.
0:56:47 > 0:56:51Most people don't understand what it takes to control someone
0:56:51 > 0:56:54who wants to fight, what it takes to take charge of a situation
0:56:54 > 0:56:58with people you've never met before and people that want to be violent.
0:56:58 > 0:57:01Um, and it's not pretty.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04And it's not things that people want to see or want to accept
0:57:04 > 0:57:05that that's how they happen.
0:57:05 > 0:57:10This is very dangerous. This is as dangerous as things get out there.
0:57:12 > 0:57:16- Did you shoot to kill him? - No.- Did you intend to kill him?
0:57:16 > 0:57:19- Absolutely not.- What did you intend?
0:57:19 > 0:57:21I wanted to stop him from attacking me,
0:57:21 > 0:57:25cos he was...very aggressively coming at me.
0:57:25 > 0:57:30He was attacking me and I felt I needed to save my life.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32Thank you. Nothing further, sir.
0:57:39 > 0:57:42- All right, counsel, you may proceed. - Thank you, Your Honour.
0:57:42 > 0:57:45- May I inquire?- You may. - Morning, Mr Martin.
0:57:45 > 0:57:47Good morning, ma'am.
0:57:47 > 0:57:53You stated on direct examination that you did not murder Mr Chapman.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55That's correct.
0:57:55 > 0:58:00And you do recognise that that is the charge of this jury
0:58:00 > 0:58:03- to determine and not you, correct? - Yes, ma'am.
0:58:03 > 0:58:08- So you know that you killed him, correct?- Unfortunate that...
0:58:08 > 0:58:10You shot him in the face and heart.
0:58:10 > 0:58:12- Ma'am, I'd really like to answer your question.- Yes or no question.
0:58:14 > 0:58:17It was unfortunate that I had to discharge my weapon
0:58:17 > 0:58:19and Mr Chapman did die.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21That's a yes, that you killed him?
0:58:23 > 0:58:26- I... Yes. - You shot him in the face and heart.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28I did shoot him, yes, ma'am.
0:58:28 > 0:58:30And it's this jury's job to determine whether you
0:58:30 > 0:58:33murdered him or not?
0:58:33 > 0:58:34Yes, ma'am.
0:58:34 > 0:58:38'I've...been beat up by defence attorneys on a regular basis,'
0:58:38 > 0:58:42defence attorneys that have been doing it a lot longer than she has.
0:58:42 > 0:58:44And, uh, one of the things that I kept telling myself
0:58:44 > 0:58:47whenever I got nervous before I took the stand was,
0:58:47 > 0:58:50"I've been a police officer since she was in high school.
0:58:50 > 0:58:52' "I can deal with this."
0:58:52 > 0:58:56'She really tried, but, uh,
0:58:56 > 0:59:00'the evidence is what it is and I just got to tell my story.'
0:59:03 > 0:59:06What is this?
0:59:06 > 0:59:10- Point to this orange button. What is that?- It's an orange button, ma'am.
0:59:10 > 0:59:14- What is it? What does it do? - Um, it sends an emergency signal.
0:59:17 > 0:59:19- To who?- Uh, to the dispatch room.
0:59:22 > 0:59:25Sends an emergency signal to the dispatch.
0:59:25 > 0:59:29Yes, ma'am. The function of that button, when you push it,
0:59:29 > 0:59:31it's called a Code One button,
0:59:31 > 0:59:34- it sends an emergency signal, such as...- This is...
0:59:34 > 0:59:38No, ma'am, I'm trying to...
0:59:38 > 0:59:41I want to point out this is non-responsive.
0:59:41 > 0:59:44- She asked him what the button was! - Overruled.
0:59:45 > 0:59:51You did not hit the orange button on your radio, correct?
0:59:51 > 0:59:55- That's correct. It wouldn't have... - You did not...
0:59:55 > 0:59:59- Ma'am, I'm really trying to answer your questions.- Yes or no questions.
0:59:59 > 1:00:03It's not a yes or no question, ma'am, and I'm trying to answer it.
1:00:03 > 1:00:05'I felt he wanted to answer what he wanted to answer,
1:00:05 > 1:00:09'regardless of whether it was responsive to my question or not.'
1:00:09 > 1:00:12There's that defiance there and you are so aggravated
1:00:12 > 1:00:14because of me asking you questions.
1:00:14 > 1:00:17What does that possibly say about what your temperament could have
1:00:17 > 1:00:19been on the day of this incident, with this young man,
1:00:19 > 1:00:23who obviously has no power? I don't know if that was something
1:00:23 > 1:00:25'that the jury may have picked up on.'
1:00:25 > 1:00:30You just saw his body coming... You just saw his body... Excuse me?
1:00:30 > 1:00:33I was paying attention to the fact he was charging at me and
1:00:33 > 1:00:36he was yelling, "Shoot me, motherfucker, shoot me."
1:00:36 > 1:00:39'One of the jurors said, "He lost his cool at that point.'
1:00:39 > 1:00:42"What do you think he would've done
1:00:42 > 1:00:44"in the situation at the parking lot?"
1:00:44 > 1:00:45There was other jurors who were,
1:00:45 > 1:00:49"Oh, yeah, OK," as if they had hit on an epiphany of some sort, like,
1:00:49 > 1:00:51"Oh, yeah, that makes sense. I didn't think about it like that."
1:00:51 > 1:00:52'So other jurors were,
1:00:52 > 1:00:55' "Yeah, this person is questionable, to say the least." '
1:00:55 > 1:00:57And while he's doing that, I'm telling him,
1:00:57 > 1:01:00- "Get on the ground, get on the ground."- You indicated that,
1:01:00 > 1:01:03in your training, the hands are the deadliest thing.
1:01:03 > 1:01:05Yes, ma'am.
1:01:05 > 1:01:11But, yet, when he's coming towards you...you did not look and
1:01:11 > 1:01:13were not focused on his hands.
1:01:13 > 1:01:16This is a physiological reaction that happens when the body
1:01:16 > 1:01:18gets an adrenaline dump.
1:01:18 > 1:01:20- I object.- It's called tunnel vision.- Objection.
1:01:20 > 1:01:25- He's not a scientist, he's not a doctor.- Overruled. Go ahead.
1:01:25 > 1:01:26It's called tunnel vision.
1:01:26 > 1:01:29You experience it in life-threatening situations,
1:01:29 > 1:01:32when you have that kind of adrenaline dump and you focus
1:01:32 > 1:01:35on very specific things, and that's what I was focused on.
1:01:35 > 1:01:38This isn't something that I chose to look at his hand.
1:01:38 > 1:01:41So, at this point, because he didn't get down on the ground
1:01:41 > 1:01:47and he was coming in your direction, that's why you decided to shoot him?
1:01:48 > 1:01:52I decided I had to shoot him...
1:01:52 > 1:01:55and I did everything that I could
1:01:55 > 1:01:56to not have to shoot him,
1:01:56 > 1:02:02but I decided I had to shoot him after he had overpowered me,
1:02:02 > 1:02:05after he had gotten away from me, after he had gotten my Taser
1:02:05 > 1:02:09away from me, after he had turned to attack me, after he started
1:02:09 > 1:02:14charging at me and yelling, "Shoot me, motherfucker, shoot me."
1:02:14 > 1:02:18And then he charges at me and I had no other choice.
1:02:18 > 1:02:20I had to discharge my weapon.
1:02:20 > 1:02:25And then I went immediately to try and make this guy OK.
1:02:25 > 1:02:28I didn't want him to die, I didn't even want to hurt him.
1:02:29 > 1:02:34That's not correct, though, that you didn't have other options.
1:02:34 > 1:02:36Thank you.
1:02:36 > 1:02:39- Yes, sir.- You may step down.
1:02:47 > 1:02:49HE CLEARS THROAT
1:02:50 > 1:02:54All right, members of the jury, there is no more evidence
1:02:54 > 1:02:56to come before you with respect to this case.
1:02:56 > 1:03:00It is now time for you to first
1:03:00 > 1:03:03retire to the jury room for your deliberations.
1:03:08 > 1:03:10Well, the jury's made up of 12 men and women.
1:03:10 > 1:03:12Eight of them are black, four of them are white,
1:03:12 > 1:03:16and they all must agree in order for their verdict to stand...
1:03:16 > 1:03:19I didn't look at it as a racial thing at all,
1:03:19 > 1:03:21but some people definitely did.
1:03:23 > 1:03:27There was one juror in there, for lack of a better word,
1:03:27 > 1:03:30was constantly giving me the stink eye.
1:03:30 > 1:03:33I don't know if she was trying to intimidate me,
1:03:33 > 1:03:38to make it the decision that they wanted to hear, but...
1:03:38 > 1:03:40She can give me the dirty looks all you want.
1:03:40 > 1:03:44I'm there to make the right decision and try and do the right thing,
1:03:44 > 1:03:46based on what was presented in the courtroom.
1:03:46 > 1:03:52Yes, racial influences and what you decide in the case,
1:03:52 > 1:03:53like, for each of the jurors,
1:03:53 > 1:03:56I think that they each probably used that
1:03:56 > 1:03:59and they would start putting in, like, examples of why they thought
1:03:59 > 1:04:02it was appropriate because of their upbringing
1:04:02 > 1:04:03or examples of what they've seen
1:04:03 > 1:04:05or things that they've lived through in their life.
1:04:07 > 1:04:10You know, this could be my little brother or my little cousin
1:04:10 > 1:04:12or somebody that I know.
1:04:14 > 1:04:18It all comes down to who made what decisions in the Walmart parking lot
1:04:18 > 1:04:21in the one minute of time that transpired.
1:04:21 > 1:04:23Broccoletti said Rankin had no choice.
1:04:23 > 1:04:25Morales says he chose to kill.
1:04:27 > 1:04:30I think Mr Rankin did a great job on the witness stand.
1:04:30 > 1:04:33He was very compelling and compassionate and human.
1:04:33 > 1:04:34I think it turned out as well as it can
1:04:34 > 1:04:36and now it's out of our hands.
1:04:37 > 1:04:40If they're confident, good for them.
1:04:40 > 1:04:44We just focused on doing our job and I feel like we did.
1:04:45 > 1:04:48- INTERVIEWER:- And when do you expect a decision?
1:04:48 > 1:04:51IF there is a decision, which is another issue.
1:04:53 > 1:04:55If there's a decision, they normally come back by lunch or by dinner.
1:04:55 > 1:05:00It's funny, they normally come back at 12 to 12.30 or 4 to 4.30.
1:05:02 > 1:05:07I know that for this family it would bring some peace.
1:05:08 > 1:05:12Everybody in the community seems to be paying attention.
1:05:12 > 1:05:16It seems as though they need some type of closure.
1:05:24 > 1:05:26SIREN WAILS
1:05:26 > 1:05:28POLICE RADIO CHATTER
1:05:28 > 1:05:29GUNSHOTS
1:05:29 > 1:05:31SCREAMING
1:05:35 > 1:05:36MAN SHOUTS
1:05:36 > 1:05:38MUFFLED RADIO CHATTER
1:05:44 > 1:05:46Put your hands behind your back!
1:05:46 > 1:05:48The fuck you shoot at us?
1:05:49 > 1:05:50SIREN WAILS
1:06:01 > 1:06:03I will never be quiet.
1:06:03 > 1:06:06This is my son.
1:06:07 > 1:06:10You know, pain... You know, pain is love.
1:06:10 > 1:06:11I'm telling you.
1:06:11 > 1:06:13SHE SNIFFS
1:06:13 > 1:06:14This is for my baby.
1:06:19 > 1:06:20NEEDLE WHIRS
1:06:29 > 1:06:32All that I can do is hope and pray and have patience.
1:06:32 > 1:06:34And I am doing a lot of praying.
1:06:42 > 1:06:44I think, you know, I think that he will...
1:06:44 > 1:06:49he will get convicted cos my son didn't do anything.
1:06:57 > 1:07:00My son is kind of like an example.
1:07:00 > 1:07:02Through my son, I think that some change will come.
1:07:02 > 1:07:04It's going to come.
1:07:04 > 1:07:07So I feel real powerful and...
1:07:08 > 1:07:13- ..positive that tomorrow justice will come.- Justice will come.
1:07:13 > 1:07:14Yeah.
1:07:48 > 1:07:50I think the judge will tell them
1:07:50 > 1:07:51that they must reach a unanimous verdict,
1:07:51 > 1:07:55so he'll send them out again to try and reach an agreement.
1:07:55 > 1:07:58If they can't do that, then we're possibly looking at a mistrial.
1:07:58 > 1:08:01Live in Portsmouth, Eric Kane, 13News Now.
1:08:03 > 1:08:07It was an emotional ball of everything back there.
1:08:07 > 1:08:09I mean, we had people crying,
1:08:09 > 1:08:13we had people who were getting mad, frustrated,
1:08:13 > 1:08:17people who were just emotionally drained from the whole trial.
1:08:17 > 1:08:20Everybody was hitting the limits.
1:08:20 > 1:08:22One gentleman stood up and he was just like, you know,
1:08:22 > 1:08:25"This is it, 12 people aren't going to agree.
1:08:25 > 1:08:27"Let's just all agree to disagree and let's go home.
1:08:27 > 1:08:28"Hung jury. Let's go."
1:08:28 > 1:08:32I said, "I was here to do and make the right decision.
1:08:32 > 1:08:34"I'm not rushing to any judgment,
1:08:34 > 1:08:37"so it's going to have to take as long as it takes."
1:08:39 > 1:08:41What the motherfuck does she know?
1:08:41 > 1:08:44He just kept saying it over and over again.
1:08:44 > 1:08:47- They got no right to shoot him. - Yeah, cos if it was me...
1:08:47 > 1:08:49You can see William Chapman's family
1:08:49 > 1:08:51just waiting patiently outside the courthouse,
1:08:51 > 1:08:53just talking amongst each other,
1:08:53 > 1:08:55just sitting on benches and just waiting.
1:08:55 > 1:08:58Now we're also seeing Stephen Rankin and his wife being escorted
1:08:58 > 1:09:01throughout the courthouse by several security guards and officers
1:09:01 > 1:09:03for protection reasons.
1:09:06 > 1:09:09- I'm just worried.- Why you worried?
1:09:09 > 1:09:12Because there's so much they keep...
1:09:12 > 1:09:16- You don't need to worry like that. - God got this baby, for real.
1:09:18 > 1:09:21You know that he said the truth will set you free.
1:09:21 > 1:09:23The truth will send him to jail.
1:09:36 > 1:09:38Argh! All right, get something to eat.
1:09:41 > 1:09:43We're going to come back down...later on.
1:09:43 > 1:09:45All right. I need to prep.
1:09:49 > 1:09:52We reviewed everything and that's when...
1:09:52 > 1:09:54After all the discussions of everybody's notes,
1:09:54 > 1:09:57we took another vote and it was unanimous.
1:09:59 > 1:10:01All right, bring in the jury, please.
1:10:06 > 1:10:08I didn't even want to go back in the courtroom.
1:10:08 > 1:10:12My heart was racing so bad I thought I was going to pass out.
1:10:15 > 1:10:18I didn't want to face Chapman's family.
1:10:18 > 1:10:21I didn't want to face Rankin's family.
1:10:21 > 1:10:24You're making a decision that affects two families
1:10:24 > 1:10:26and I didn't take that lightly at all.
1:10:28 > 1:10:30The jury came out
1:10:30 > 1:10:34and I could see a lot of them were looking at the ground.
1:10:34 > 1:10:35They wouldn't look at me,
1:10:35 > 1:10:38they were wringing the sweat out of their hands.
1:10:40 > 1:10:42- Am I to understand you have a verdict?- Yes, sir.
1:10:42 > 1:10:44All right. Give the papers to them.
1:11:03 > 1:11:07..signed juror number 32, dated August 4th, 2016.
1:11:10 > 1:11:15I really have no idea how they got to the guilty on this.
1:11:19 > 1:11:21SHE SOBS
1:11:29 > 1:11:32Breaking - Rankin found not guilty of first or second degree murder,
1:11:32 > 1:11:33but guilty of manslaughter.
1:11:33 > 1:11:35OK.
1:11:35 > 1:11:36Shit!
1:11:36 > 1:11:38Voluntary manslaughter,
1:11:38 > 1:11:41the charge is more in the heat of passion, in the heat of a struggle,
1:11:41 > 1:11:42that this killing happened
1:11:42 > 1:11:45and that is clearly what the jury decided.
1:11:45 > 1:11:49# And powerful
1:11:49 > 1:11:53# There's so much strength in you and me
1:11:53 > 1:11:55# Powerful
1:11:55 > 1:11:59# A breath away from victory
1:11:59 > 1:12:02# I matter
1:12:02 > 1:12:03# You matter
1:12:03 > 1:12:06# We matter all
1:12:06 > 1:12:12# Powerfu-u-ul. #
1:12:22 > 1:12:25I felt like my stomach was in my shoes.
1:12:25 > 1:12:28At first I thought, "I didn't hear that right."
1:12:29 > 1:12:31"They had to have missed something."
1:12:31 > 1:12:34You know, the jurors, they had to have missed something.
1:12:34 > 1:12:37That's all I kept thinking was, "They had to have missed something."
1:12:39 > 1:12:42You know, you put your uniform on and you answer your first call,
1:12:42 > 1:12:45you never expect that doing your job is going to send you to prison.
1:12:45 > 1:12:47Ever.
1:12:56 > 1:13:01I tried to take it like a professional and hold my head high,
1:13:01 > 1:13:02but it hurt a lot.
1:13:03 > 1:13:08I'm really making an effort to try and make those guys proud
1:13:08 > 1:13:11and show, um...
1:13:11 > 1:13:13show that we're the good guys.
1:13:28 > 1:13:30What do you think of the verdict?
1:13:31 > 1:13:34- Hello!- Stop right there.
1:13:34 > 1:13:37Chapman's mother cried after the verdict was read.
1:13:37 > 1:13:41Later she didn't want to comment but a family spokesperson
1:13:41 > 1:13:43told me justice was served.
1:13:43 > 1:13:48Meantime, Rankin's attorneys say the jury wasn't provided the full story.
1:13:48 > 1:13:50They say this isn't over.
1:13:50 > 1:13:54What are three big things that you will bring up on an appeal
1:13:54 > 1:13:57that you think will make the difference in this case?
1:13:57 > 1:13:58Just really quickly.
1:13:58 > 1:14:02We did not have the opportunity to present his prior criminal...
1:14:02 > 1:14:04Mr Chapman's prior criminal record to the jury
1:14:04 > 1:14:06to determine his aggressiveness,
1:14:06 > 1:14:09his turbulence, his violence. Secondly...
1:14:09 > 1:14:14He's got several felony convictions, including weapons violations,
1:14:14 > 1:14:17assaulting care workers at his group home
1:14:17 > 1:14:20and all of these things should come in
1:14:20 > 1:14:23to show what we're dealing with here,
1:14:23 > 1:14:26to show that the story that I'm telling
1:14:26 > 1:14:30that he attacked me makes sense,
1:14:30 > 1:14:33based on what he's done in the past.
1:14:35 > 1:14:38- Thank you.- OK. Thank you very much. OK.
1:14:39 > 1:14:43We should have been told about Chapman's history
1:14:43 > 1:14:48that he was definitely not a good guy,
1:14:48 > 1:14:51by any stretch of the word.
1:14:51 > 1:14:55I learnt that he was brought up in group homes
1:14:55 > 1:14:59that he got in trouble for some bomb threats.
1:15:00 > 1:15:03That tells me he was already an aggressive, mean person.
1:15:06 > 1:15:09He should've taken his hand out of his pocket when Rankin asked him
1:15:09 > 1:15:13to take his hand out of his pocket and he should have done everything
1:15:13 > 1:15:16he was asked and told to do - then he would still be here today.
1:15:18 > 1:15:23He wrote the ending to his own life story, not Rankin,
1:15:23 > 1:15:24he wrote the ending.
1:15:29 > 1:15:33The judge did the right thing by keeping both of their backgrounds
1:15:33 > 1:15:36out of the court case.
1:15:36 > 1:15:37I think that was smart on his part
1:15:37 > 1:15:41because he gave us an equal playing field,
1:15:41 > 1:15:47as far as, like, "Don't convolute it with all this extra stuff.
1:15:47 > 1:15:50"Just limit it to what's important to give these jurors enough
1:15:50 > 1:15:53"to make a decision with what's there."
1:15:55 > 1:15:59- Shooting since 2004.- My goodness, I had no idea.- I'm going to clip this.
1:15:59 > 1:16:03- Where do you think?- Can I clip this to your collar?- Yeah.
1:16:03 > 1:16:06But then I'm going to have to comb my hair again, OK?
1:16:06 > 1:16:08You can't have it on the table? Is that too much...
1:16:08 > 1:16:10- Lipstick?- Yeah.- OK. Thank you.- You're welcome.
1:16:10 > 1:16:13Hey, you come over here and get my comb out.
1:16:13 > 1:16:14- I'm just going to put this right here.- OK.
1:16:14 > 1:16:16It's like heart monitors,
1:16:16 > 1:16:19like having 1,000 things going on here.
1:16:20 > 1:16:24For this community to lose this young man and to have
1:16:24 > 1:16:28a police officer charged for the loss of his life and now convicted,
1:16:28 > 1:16:32it means a lot to this community to see that justice was served.
1:18:08 > 1:18:11Don't shoot him. Don't shoot him.
1:18:11 > 1:18:14- He didn't do anything.- Drop the gun!
1:18:14 > 1:18:16He doesn't have a gun, he has a TVI.
1:18:16 > 1:18:20He is not going to do anything to you guys. He just took his medicine.
1:18:20 > 1:18:22- Drop the gun!- Don't you dare!
1:18:22 > 1:18:24GUNSHOTS
1:18:24 > 1:18:26Did you shoot him? Did you shoot him?!
1:18:26 > 1:18:30Did you shoot him? he better not be fucking dead.
1:18:30 > 1:18:34He better not be fucking dead. I know that fucking much.
1:18:34 > 1:18:37TV CRACKLES Holy shit.
1:18:38 > 1:18:41What the fuck have they got going on with this thing?
1:18:41 > 1:18:43Ah-ha!
1:18:43 > 1:18:47- Cussing at the television.- Right. Maybe you're not allowed to have TV
1:18:47 > 1:18:49- in this room. - Maybe it takes a minute.
1:18:51 > 1:18:53- What are we going to? - WTKR.
1:18:55 > 1:18:57- It has a live streaming?- Yes.
1:18:57 > 1:18:59REPORTER STARTS TALKING
1:18:59 > 1:19:00Here we go.
1:19:00 > 1:19:03Brendan, how bad is it this time?
1:19:03 > 1:19:07- Oh, look, it's us.- I know.- They've got our wedding photo up there.
1:19:07 > 1:19:10- I know, I sent that to them. - You said, "I'd hope".
1:19:10 > 1:19:13Stephen Rankin could go to jail tomorrow for killing an
1:19:13 > 1:19:16- unarmed teenager.- The jury recommended two and a half years.
1:19:16 > 1:19:19However, the decision will be up to the judge.
1:19:19 > 1:19:21We're just bracing for whatever happens.
1:19:21 > 1:19:24Judge Morrison has the opportunity to lead me out on bond,
1:19:24 > 1:19:30pending my appeal, which would mean I am... Still, I am not in jail.
1:19:31 > 1:19:34Police officers don't do well in jail.
1:19:34 > 1:19:37Somebody's going to shank him and kill him.
1:19:39 > 1:19:41See? Crying. Stupid.
1:19:43 > 1:19:45- I love you.- I love you too.
1:19:47 > 1:19:49'Court is at nine o'clock in the morning.
1:19:49 > 1:19:51'Bracing for whatever happens.
1:19:51 > 1:19:54'Waiting and wondering what will happen next.'
1:19:54 > 1:20:00It'll be like somebody taking one of my limbs. He is my partner.
1:20:09 > 1:20:14I am ready but...scared.
1:20:15 > 1:20:19I am, I am really scared cos... Just the fact that he can
1:20:19 > 1:20:21get a bond.
1:20:21 > 1:20:25What if he gets a bond and he just leaves the country or something?
1:20:25 > 1:20:28You know, something like that could happen.
1:20:31 > 1:20:34'Rankin's sentencing has brought together mothers from across
1:20:34 > 1:20:37'the nation to support Chapman and share how their children were
1:20:37 > 1:20:38'also fatally shot.'
1:20:38 > 1:20:41- Hey.- All right...
1:20:45 > 1:20:47'They are sick of it.
1:20:47 > 1:20:52'So they want to come and support and say a few words and whatnot.
1:20:52 > 1:20:54'Just be there with me.
1:20:56 > 1:21:00'Let me know that I'm not standing by myself. They got me.'
1:21:03 > 1:21:07At the Portsmouth courthouse, the judge will make
1:21:07 > 1:21:10a final determination, only able to minimise,
1:21:10 > 1:21:11not maximise, the sentence.
1:21:15 > 1:21:18I am just going to show her beautiful face this morning.
1:21:18 > 1:21:22- This is Candy.- Good morning. - OK, send her love and support.
1:21:22 > 1:21:24You can see in her eyes this is very hard
1:21:24 > 1:21:26so I'm not going to keep her on camera long.
1:21:26 > 1:21:28Just to respect her space.
1:21:28 > 1:21:32Sweetheart, we're here and we love you. We're not stopping and we're...
1:21:32 > 1:21:33I'm just going to let her...
1:21:33 > 1:21:36Let me step aside because I can tell she's having a moment.
1:21:42 > 1:21:44Good morning. Thank you very much for showing up.
1:21:45 > 1:21:50I want the whole world to see that this man is not above the law
1:21:50 > 1:21:52just because he was an officer.
1:21:52 > 1:21:55Anybody that takes somebody's life deserves to be punished.
1:21:57 > 1:22:03This man really needs to be put away. I have a lot of anger.
1:22:03 > 1:22:07- I'm entitled to that.- You are. - I'm just sick of it.
1:22:07 > 1:22:11I am sick of it and I am ready for it to be over.
1:22:13 > 1:22:16Like it will be over as far as him getting put away but it'll
1:22:16 > 1:22:17never be over for me.
1:22:17 > 1:22:19- Never.- You know it.
1:22:19 > 1:22:21Every day.
1:22:30 > 1:22:34- We just all got to stick together. - Yes, we do.
1:22:35 > 1:22:40- It'll be OK. - We will be right here with you. OK?
1:22:40 > 1:22:43I never want to see this courtroom again.
1:23:01 > 1:23:03- BEEPING - All rise.
1:23:15 > 1:23:20At this time, the court will affirm the verdict of the jury will
1:23:20 > 1:23:22find you guilty of voluntary manslaughter.
1:23:22 > 1:23:24And having been found guilty,
1:23:24 > 1:23:27sir, do you have anything you would like to say to the court or
1:23:27 > 1:23:30can you think of any reason why sentence should not be
1:23:30 > 1:23:32pronounced against you today?
1:23:33 > 1:23:37The events of last year changed the lives of many people.
1:23:37 > 1:23:41I'm deeply sorry for the pain I have caused the Chapman family.
1:23:41 > 1:23:45I pray regularly for them and I pray that they will find peace.
1:23:45 > 1:23:48I never wanted to hurt anyone and I wished that I never had.
1:23:48 > 1:23:52I wish William Chapman was alive today and I am sorry that
1:23:52 > 1:23:53I took him from this world.
1:23:55 > 1:23:58Miss Chapman, I hope that one day you find peace and one day
1:23:58 > 1:24:01you'll be able to forgive me for what I have done.
1:24:02 > 1:24:04That's all I have to say, Your Honour.
1:24:06 > 1:24:08At this time, the court will affirm the recommendation of the
1:24:08 > 1:24:11jury that sentence be served.
1:24:11 > 1:24:14Two years and six months in a Virginia state penitentiary.
1:24:14 > 1:24:16CHEERING
1:24:18 > 1:24:22If you have to do that, you will be excused from this courtroom.
1:24:24 > 1:24:26- All right.- Thank you, Your Honour.
1:24:26 > 1:24:28All right.
1:24:30 > 1:24:32All rise.
1:24:49 > 1:24:52Just the beginning. New beginning.
1:24:52 > 1:24:54We get what we want but we...
1:24:54 > 1:24:56THEY SHOUT AGREEMENT
1:24:56 > 1:24:58Justice has been served.
1:24:58 > 1:25:00SHE WHOOPS
1:25:01 > 1:25:06His name has to be uplifted... so the multitudes
1:25:06 > 1:25:09will know that this behaviour will not be tolerated.
1:25:09 > 1:25:11THEY SHOUT AGREEMENT
1:25:11 > 1:25:14THEY CHANT: William Chapman! William Chapman!
1:25:14 > 1:25:16William Chapman!
1:25:16 > 1:25:18William Chapman!
1:25:23 > 1:25:30He read his little words of lies and he looks at me.
1:25:30 > 1:25:34He's like, "I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me."
1:25:34 > 1:25:38And I just looked at him and I said, "I can't."
1:25:38 > 1:25:40And I just wave, bye-bye...
1:25:42 > 1:25:47..you piece of shit. I didn't say that. I couldn't help it.
1:25:48 > 1:25:502.5 years? No, that is not enough.
1:25:52 > 1:25:58But as long as he goes there and gets treated like...crap
1:25:58 > 1:26:02because they don't play around with stuff like that.
1:26:02 > 1:26:07And two years, that can seem like a lifetime in places like that.
1:26:08 > 1:26:13You know, they tell you what to do, they tell you what to eat.
1:26:13 > 1:26:15When to sleep and when to get up.
1:26:15 > 1:26:19That is going to be very miserable for that man.
1:26:20 > 1:26:22And I am happy about his misery.
1:26:28 > 1:26:31- Where are my other girls? - SHE WHISTLES
1:26:33 > 1:26:35Lily!
1:26:39 > 1:26:41This is my place... Our place.
1:26:44 > 1:26:49A lot of police families fly this one with a blue line through it.
1:26:49 > 1:26:52The thin blue line represents the police department and the
1:26:52 > 1:26:54bond that police officers have.
1:26:56 > 1:26:59And they help me because I don't have Steve.
1:26:59 > 1:27:03So they just keep me going. For me, the blue line is family.
1:27:06 > 1:27:10But to most, they'll tell you that it's the line that stands
1:27:10 > 1:27:14between...chaos and peace.
1:27:22 > 1:27:26My husband is not the man that the media has made him out to be.
1:27:28 > 1:27:32He's a good guy. And he is a protector.
1:27:38 > 1:27:40And he'll always be that way.
1:27:40 > 1:27:43No matter how many times people call him an ex-officer and
1:27:43 > 1:27:48correct him, he will always be a police officer at heart. Always.
1:28:01 > 1:28:04The family of a teen shot and killed by
1:28:04 > 1:28:06a former Portsmouth police officer
1:28:06 > 1:28:09may receive 1 million from the city.
1:28:09 > 1:28:12Earl Lewis said the family had hoped for
1:28:12 > 1:28:14a 2.5 million settlement,
1:28:14 > 1:28:17finding that more in line with some other police shooting
1:28:17 > 1:28:21pay-outs across the country where officers were not convicted.
1:28:24 > 1:28:26Good girl.
1:28:30 > 1:28:32I'm taking a picture.
1:28:34 > 1:28:37I'm recording.
1:28:37 > 1:28:39INDISTINCT CONVERSATION