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Unarmed Black Male
Unarmed Black Male

Unarmed Black Male(2016)

  • English
  • 0.0 (0)
  • 1 hr 30 mins
  • Nov 3, 2016

OVERVIEW

Film following the murder trial of a white police officer in Portsmouth, Virginia, accused of shooting an unarmed black teenager. On 22 April 2015, Officer Stephen Rankin responded to a report of shoplifting at a Walmart store. Minutes after arriving in the parking lot, he shot and killed William Chapman. After Chapman's death, Rankin was fired from Portsmouth Police Department and charged with first-degree murder. Chapman was just one of 306 black men who were killed by police in the US last year, but just 14 police officers faced any charges - Rankin was one of them.

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