CHICAGO (AP) — Laquan McDonald‘s life seemed to be headed nowhere. A ward of the state who had been shuffled between relatives’ homes and foster care, he was 17 when, high on the hallucinogenic drug PCP, he wandered down the street slashing tires with a knife. This week marks the one-year anniversary of the release […]
McDonald, a 17-year-old Chicago teen, was shot 16 times in 2014 by officer Jason Van Dyke. McDonald's death lit a long simmering fire within Chicago that led to protests, calls for Emanuel's resignation, the termination of former superintendent Garry McCarthy, and a Justice Department probe.
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge ordered the appointment of a special prosecutor Thursday to handle the case of a white Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager 16 times after the embattled Cook County state’s attorney asked to step aside. Officer Jason Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder in the 2014 killing of […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a white Chicago police officer who shot Laquan McDonald 16 times has spoken about it publicly for the first time since he was charged with murder. The wife, father and other relatives of Jason Van Dyke spoke to the Chicago Tribune with the officer’s approval, though Van Dyke followed his attorney’s […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The attorney for a Chicago police officer charged in the shooting death of a black teenager has asked for sheriff’s deputies to guard the officer as his client enters and exits court. The Chicago Tribune reports that Officer Jason Van Dyke’s attorney, Daniel Herbert, made the request in a court filing made […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the shooting of a black teenager has been hired to work as a janitor for the city’s police union as he awaits trial, the union president said Thursday. Dean Angelo, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Chicago, says the union hired Jason […]
Jason Van Dyke's lawyer entered a not-guilty plea Tuesday before a Cook County trial judge.
CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney for a white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a black teenager said he is considering asking for a change of venue because of comments Mayor Rahm Emanuel has made about his client. A court hearing was scheduled for Friday to formally read out the […]
Images surfaced of Chicago police officers viewing Burger King footage, which reportedly shows the moments before Laquan McDonald's death.
Outraged over the violent shooting of Laquan McDonald by a white Chicago police officer, protesters on Tuesday took to the streets and social media to condemn what appears to be nothing short of an execution.
