Virginia Cop Charged in Shooting Death of Unarmed Black Teen

Fuk Da Police

So glad to hear this…..

Yes won’t he do it!!

I’ll celebrate when there’s a conviction ?

Hello!

I’ve been deleting folks from my friends lists that have had smart comments around the #BLM movement. ‘Bububut all lives matter’ Bruh we’re not saying that only black lives matter, we’re saying black lives matter too.

If there’s a black male in 2015 charging towards a cop with the amount of bullets they like to spray? Chile, they’re bolder than I thought they were.

The whole clip, sir? Not some but the whole clip? With great aim?

There another part to this story, that pyscho even used fake twitter names to make jokes about killing that guy in 2011, his coworkers said he was afraid of his own shadow, also his Co worker warned his captain he was going to do something crazy

I’d sue the dept n the city…

This isn’t the first time Rankin has been charged with killing a suspect under suspicious circumstances. In 2011, Rankin was charged with involuntary manslaughter for shooting a suspect 11 times, but a grand jury declined to indict him.

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This shyt right here!!!! I bet he used the same lie “he charged at me”

Totally agree. This is why I don’t shed a tear for fallen officers. Sad but true

Criminal with a badge. A legal one. The city is going to have to pay for it because they knew.

That’s the standard

Black Lives Matter should also have an arm within its organization that focuses on teaching blacks to not be criminals. A program showing blacks how NOT to make a mess of their own neighborhoods.

At this point, shouldn’t we all be more mindful of the societal shift, and act accordingly?

I was thinking the exact samething. These cops murder when they feel like it and nothing happens. But let one of them die, it’s Jesus crucifixion All over again…smh

Who do you suggest should teach the officers? Funny how everyone has an action plan yet fail to do the education.

Welp the shield isn’t there now if it made national news. Bish made azz.

Did the city settle? What was the outcome?

D.B. come sit next to me…who hurt you, whats wrong? Tell me without being rude and upset.

There is no “teaching” the officers. We’ve been trying to do that since Civil Rights. The key, I think, is to fortify our culture and community so strongly, so utterly unified, that cops, and the crooked system that allows for them to have so much freedom, will looks at us as one untouchable unit.

But that don’t, and can’t, because the universal imagine of a young, black men is one of urban laxity mixed in with immature, unintelligent violence. We’re not taken seriously, because we don’t treat ourselves seriously.

This is the mess I’m talking about. I think cluelessness goes along with those who feel they are entitled and priviledged.

Good morning Shine!!!!

I approve this message. Our community needs to change fundamentally. We have to want and strive more for ourselves than weave and Jordans. Stop sagging. Finish school. Its the little things that will help the Black Lives Matter agenda push forward. We have a war going on with the police, the man and within our own community.

They are not the ONLY problem, but they are apart of the problem.

Oh but they are a problem.

But Bull, all of it makes national news. The community is lucky if they see a charge, let alone a conviction. The shield I’m speaking of is they hold true to their own. Even an officer of color will stand with the others because you don’t want to go against the grain and get caught up.

As a young black man, I have been pressed more by my fellow young black men more than by any cop.

Cops are part of the problem, but you can’t expect the “problem” to also be a part of the “solution”.

smh!
and he won’t be made to either.

So this is definitely a weekly thing by whitey now. I make the same statement here too; #nomorepolice Do away with cops all together. They are only good for handing out unnecessary traffic tickets, troll streets searching for pucci while on the clock, and dodging real crimes or assisting the public. #nomorepolice

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They are mine and all black women raising boys. I saw Mothers For Justice on IG that has all their sons killed by police. That is not an organization that I do not want to join.

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We want to be like and respect and loved and adored and honored, by white people.

But can’t stand to be (and encourage) that for ourselves.

But. But. But. Woulda. Shoulda. Coulda.

Stop making excuse.

I remember a time where people actually cared for one another, shopped within the community, and supported one another. If you needed, one gave. Even during those times, there still was a fight against injustices. It never left. It has transcended time and people. It has never left.

this his second sit yo azz down this time

There is literally a cop that parks in front of my job and goes to sleep. For hours. Lazy son of bitch.

Record him and say Tax dollars at work!!

Hellur Payne! ??

Yep, record it or the tag number, etc and put his lazy behind on blast. He’ll be the first one posting up over the hilly hump at the end of month; u know, where the speed limit changes from 45 to 35 within the same stretch of street.

I really don’t feel like having this conversation right now. So over it!! The problem is “us” trying to adapt and fit into a system that wasn’t designed for us to advance. There are still laws on the books where we aren’t even considered humans let alone citizens. Rather violent or not we’re still viewed as violent savages although we’re getting killed in the streets. U say its time to fortify the community and I think its time to rebuild it. We need a new structure/foundation. We’re too dependent of the same people that are killing us. So we don’t need ” a program to show blacks how NOT to make a mess their of own communities,” we need to teach them how to be self sufficient. Last I checked, we don’t own anything in “our” communities. Yet we have cleaners, liquor stores, and other businesses that benefit from us. Why do blacks spend the most yet own the least?

Sometime I just don’t want to think about my people. My son wanted me to watch get fresh last night on VH1. I could not stand to hear about how the rappers sung songs about my Adidas and also wearing clothes by polo.,Tommy and other white brands making them filthy rich. That was not cool because our community has not prospered at all but we so into making others rich.

Agreed. We went a stray and let foreigners adopt that concept.

Yep. Yep. And yep, again

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If not siding with the oppressor. It’s seeing how he sees, so one can kno which varibles are at play.

u mean like fit a mold so your chances of being a victim are reduced?

Truth!!!

U aint never lied. Band of brothers. They protect their own

People kill where they live. 85% of white people kill white people. Also when Pookie kills Ray Ray, Pookie goes to jail. When officer Billy Bob kills Pookie illegally, officer Billy Bob, gets a paid vacation and speaking engagements.

I live in Chicago. I see the bullshyt everyday. Its not a joke. Yes its sad that blacks are killing blacks at a higher level, but its many reasons why. That starts with the foundation. You got families that don’t know nothing but a life of crime. They don’t believe in education or see the value. We need to fix that. So we can break the cycle. Its levels to this mess.

The other Devils are tho ones in our “hoods” wearing pants dragging on the ground, fantasying about achieving manhood through senseless violence.

I will always defend mine against “the others”. Right or wrong. Will never give them that pleasure. However, my people shall be held accountable amongst ourselves. It’s just my thing I guess.

If we know how these people operate, as we have always known, why are we still doing the same things. I’m sure you haven’t been arrested before. So let’s stop making excuses for those that allow themselves the slavery….

Malcolm was trying to tell us this. But noooooooooo. We had to be like the white man. Want what he want. Live where he lives. Eat where hr eats. Meanwhile they never wanted us there in the first place. We weren’t even a 100 years free. We were still trying to figure out who we were. But thats how the white man got us. He threw us a bone and we thought that meant he liked us. We fell for the okie dome bad.

I’m very objective. Just have an old school way of thinking. I believe we can take care of our own. YT folk don’t involve us in their affairs yet we always run to them for help with ours. Nah bruh we good

If one of you are robbed tonight who are you calling for help?

the reality of this generation is it don’t affect me or my family sew y care we could shut this whole world not country world down if we stand together but we have been strategically divided that we only come together when the ones who divided us kills us ron u can drop seeds on here n let it produce to those who really get it otherwise your seeds are falling on deaf ears they just here to tear each other down n gossip no history class for this blog site

Again you see what you see. Im on the side of solutions not finger pointing. Good day

You’re wasting your time hun.

Integration set us back if u ask me. We should have adopting Garvey’s philosophy sooner.

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Listen, my first job here was working at Chicago Housing Authority. When they were doing their “transformation” aka gentrification. The files I saw were sad. You got the great grandmother, grandmother, mother and now 15/16 year old daughter living in the projects. That’s a cycle. A mentality. They don’t know any better. Some of those people never even left the neighborhood.

Then I was reading on how they built the projects in the 40’s. Stuck them by the expressways to keep them seperated from the rest of the city. It was a set up from the beginning.

People love talking about crabs in barrel but forget that they weren’t designed to be in a barrel. Furthermore you don’t ask who designed the damn barrel. But I’m ?

Send me the bat signal when a new topic comes up. Because this “militant pro black, I know better than you”, is annoying.

But D.B., fitting a mold or trying to lay low doesn’t work either. How many black folks live in all or predominately white areas get harassed? I see the point you’re trying to make, but there are many black folk like me with no record, don’t bother nobody, etc. I work in those areas and get the occasional follow for a couple blocks before the cop turns away or the cop parking next to you, even though the lot’s practically empty.

I see what you’re saying how blacks may act a certain way and bring the attn on ourselves. I assure you, in just as many instances is sm1 who know the variables and minding their own business getting dry harassed because why? The cop’s hoping you will pop off so it’ll give him a reason.

Well, I feel safe in saying the majority of black folks don’t feel protected when we see cops. Instead, we feel like ‘this mf; what bs is he gone try?’ cuz it happens so often. I bet you in whitey area, they dont ride behind those folks checking tags and ish. But in the hood, they stay trailing folks to check tags, pulling you over cuz ur music loud, or this one….u made eye contact.

Black People…………….

PAC said it best “they don’t give a fugg about us”…..no matter what u do to assimilate, they will never accept you. You will always be labeled “the black guy/girl”, “my black friend”, “he/she doesn’t act black” and etc. It is what it is.

Well, when the fraternal order of police was founded on the backs of runaway slaves, this is what you get. They were never meant to serve and protect us. We keep believing that and they prove us wrong every time.

Facts

When you are out in corporate America, are you only with black people? How about when you are at the super market? The library? The mall? Out to dinner? On vacation? Out in life period? NO! My son, goes to school with white people, black people, Indian people, Spanish people, Caribbean people. A cultural diverse mix. Because that is what is out here. Not just black people. And he needs to learn how to operate with everyone. My son is not mistreated where he is and he loves his school. And I love it too. I don’t have a problem with integration and I do not feel like it’s the worst thing that happened to black people. And when you are at the water park you told me you are taking your family too, I bet it will be more than just black people. Because guess what? Had it not been for integration, yall just might not been allowed to be at the water park.

I was riding with you, but sir….just stop. You sound crazy now. Their job is serve and protect. Smh.

Michael Jordan invests millions into the prison system, but nuccas still line up to buy his shoes. We so blind….

I went to a predominantly white/Hispanic highschool and it wasn’t until my adult years that I realized how much I missed bynt being around my own culture. Yes, I learned how assimilate in the world. However, I didn’t find my true self until I was around 30.don’t understand why blacks are the only people with this thought process? No other race sets out in the world to assimilate. We allfugged up with no sense of identity.

Lol. Excuse. Harriet Tubman had “setups” to surmount too. We spend so much time finding reasons for why not.

Lol. Yea. Ok.

Lol. You’re missing the point. Cops are human too.

That WAS my point.

Hey Divine. Thanks for the kind words. Enjoy your weekend as well.

Ase

Not we. Because all black people don’t feel like we don’t have a sense of identity. Because some of us know. Even with being with the white people, we know who we are and where we came from, and the struggles we have. Some of us are very much aware of us. If that was your experience from school, then ok. That is not mine though.

And division will never help. I don’t imagine that everyone will change, I am not that naive. However, since we are always reminded that there are good officers, I would think that they at the very least would be open and willing enough to help ease the tensions and weed out the bad apples, which is what they are asking of us. Racism lived, still lives and will always live in the hearts of some and they are not the ones I wish to “Change”. That is a battle that they will have to have within themselves. However, you must admit that times are better than they were and we do have more opportunities as a people. This is where the fortifying our communities and uplifting and educating our own comes in. But make no mistake, this has been done before (the creating our own communities and being dependent on our own resources) and it was attacked- unprovoked and unnecessarily. So again, instead of marching backwards to segregation, which is where some of these vigilantes want is to go, we need to press forward. I am not for changing anyone, as it will be a losing battle. I am for educating and working with those who want the same and seek a better future for ALL of our children.

Same system that I mentioned a few posts down. Its the same system from the past and we’re still adapting to it

Actually, make your point. I posed a question to you for clarification and this is your response. Ok. We, as black people, have to learn to dialogue and/or debate without having an air. If I or someone else is missing your point, express your point from another angle. I hate when talking, blogging, chatting, etc and sm1 in the crowd wants to shut down because the rest of us don’t get the point you’re trying to make.

They don’t understand that. So they come with that smart mouth shish talking about all lives matter…or cat lives matter, girls lives matter and all that other BS. WE KNOW ALL LIVES MATTER! That’s the obvious. Yall not getting killed, yall not getting hired because you black! They so damn ignorant. They know what the hell we mean. Man I pray they send his azz to jail for some serious time. And not no 2 years with 2years probation mess

? I’m taking “Blue Klux Klan”

When I use the term “we” it is as a people. However, I’m good. After being force fed slavery and etc I teach my kids that they are the descendants of greatneness. Kings and Queens. I don’t waste time on the slavery garbage they wanna keep feeding my people.

SO God forbid someone breaks into your house and robs your family of everything yall have. Who are you calling? Not the white police people you don’t want to be accepted or be like. Who are you going to file the report with? Not the white police station. Who are you going to file your insurance claim with? Not the white insurance people. Because you want to say f them. Welp f them and your stuff too right? Yeah ok.

Bull, lol . . . go up top. Not sure if it’s any better. Baller baby mama drama.

Garbage? No. It is facts. And my babies need to know the facts, so they can know EVERYTHING about the history. YES we were and still are Kings and Queens. But were we selling our own people BEFORE slavery in America, yup. Did slavery in America happen? Yes. It’s not garbage. I’m sure the people in Senegal who still go and honor the people who were taken through the door of no return, don’t think it’s garbage. When I saw it I sure did not. But that’s your opinion.

BAR B QUE!!!!!

Wow, thanks for the insight. Have to read more on this. Disgusting pigs!

Seriously, I might not. The police is not going to get my shyt back. They gonna fix the broken window. All they are gonna do is make a report, act like they care and go about their day. Only people I’m calling is the insurance people.

PIZZA

hmm…I want some

We have a place here called SONNY’S and W.DOT the cook ALL meat on these grills they got set up!!!!bake beans and Mac n cheese,corn bread with real corn in it or garlic bread!!!they go hard nih!!!!

Reading the manner in which this young man died makes my heart so heavy. It’s like every week a cop is killing or harassing a black person.

Lol. What have we done diffrently since Trayvon Martin?

I’m saying our ancestor’s were more than slaves. I don’t need that force fed to my kids.

Being from Philly, that beef annoyed the hell out of me and I wanted to choke slam Meek for using a perfectly good platform to promote bs. That being said, I am just as outraged about the killings in my community, as I am about police killings. When people post “Free…….”, I am not afraid to say, Nope, leave his a$$ right where he is, we don’t need that element out and about. My issue is and will always be a killer is a killer, just like a sin is a sin, doesn’t matter their color or occupation. If a regular joe kills someone he is held accountable and I expect the same for the officers. And I think this is why there seems to be more outrage towards officers and whites in general, there almost is never any accountability and thus the attention we can and should use on our own issues, are focused on what we feel is a substantially larger and clearly more dangerous problem.

Schit, collect more bodies and march.

See,I knew you woodnt!

Respect. Enjoy your weekend.

I believe u can agree/disagree. Meaning, a cop has a job to do and I’m going to hold them accountable. However, it doesn’t mean I excuse all the wrongs u and your comrades do. I’m not a fool now…..we all have a job to do.

I am a consignment store junky myself and will tell anyone who ask where I got my shoes, etc. where they can go and how much they can save.

You, sir, should stand in the mirror and say that again..emphasizing the word “reality”.

They know exactly what we mean.

Just because the officer was fired and charged with murder, doesn’t mean he is guilty or will be found guilty in court.

Every story I read indicates Chapman was seen fighting with the officer. If this is true, I suspect Wal-Mart has video of the altercation.

And let’s not forget the suspect was allegedly shoplifting. Was this supposed crime caught on video and was there stolen merchandise on or near his body, after the shooting?

Thanks for covering this story Sandra Rose. I live in Va beach and worked near where the young man was murdered. It was soo many lies from the very beginning. The cop had already murdered another young man for banging on his own door. Glad they are finally doing something. At the end of the day all lives matter

At the last minute the city offered several hundred thousand the famliy refused, the jury went with the cop versions. Smh

Whoa. I’ve learned from the Mike Brown case it depends on the evidence PRESENTED and HOW it is presented as to whether the grand jury chooses to indict. Interesting process.

Good, i hope that the state presents an iron clad case so that he can be CONVICTED and not LET GO because of a mis-trial and the state not wanting to re-try him again. . . .

And that is precisely the problem!.

“Our community” was not formed and does not exist in a vacuum. Have you ever asked yourself how you learned to define the “black community” by behaviors you consider negative? That is a much bigger problem than sagging pants.

Amen. We make up about 12% of the US population. We had no choice but to become integrated. Black people had to leave the south in droves to escape the racism that shut us out from pursuing the “American dream”.

Cops are human but black people aren’t?

If you don’t see the correlation, I’m not in the position to start you at letter A.

I’m not here to convince you. I’m sharing my truth. Your freedom to believe anything you want will never be infringed by Me.

Boycotting is better, they don’t care about anything other than money.

There’s no emotion in my question.

This isn’t an intellectual competition. Neither is it my duty to open your eyes. So I won’t try. Peace, bro.