Mayor lori lightfoot wants to establish the citys first civilian police. Jason van dyke, exofficer who killed teenager, is beaten. Nov 25, 2015 jason van dyke, the chicago police officer charged in laquan mcdonalds shooting death, had a history of complaints before the october 2014 incident. Oct 09, 2018 the cook county medical examiner meticulously inventoried how all 16 bullets fired by a chicago police officer, jason van dyke, had entered and exited mcdonalds body on october 20, 2014. Jan 18, 2019 former chicago police officer jason van dyke is expected to be sentenced friday for the 2014 murder of teenager laquan mcdonald, and the judge has a wide range of punishment options. Earlier this afternoon, they also released the charging documents, which lay out the case against officer jason van dyke. A timeline of the chicago police shooting of laquan. Jason van dyke, former chicago police officer who shot and killed laquan mcdonald, gets nearly 7 years in prison former chicago police officer jason van dyke at his sentencing hearing friday. Jason van dykes charging documents reveal just how. For fatal shooting of laquan mcdonald, chicago cop sentenced. A judge has sentenced former chicago police officer jason van dyke to nearly seven years in prison in the 2014 shooting death of 17yearold laquan mcdonald. Judge acquits cops in laquan mcdonald coverup trial.
Mcdonald was shot 16 times by chicago police officer ja. A chicago jury found police officer jason van dyke guilty of seconddegree murder in the fatal shooting of laquan mcdonald. This teaching idea is designed to give students a structured space to process their thoughts and feelings in response to the police shooting of laquan mcdonald and the trial of police officer jason van dyke. The shooting of laquan mcdonald was captured on video, and sparked outrage across the city. Jan 22, 2019 for fatal shooting of laquan mcdonald, chicago cop sentenced to nearly 7 years in october, jason van dyke became the first chicago police officer in a halfcentury to be convicted of murder in an. After months of protests, the city acts on the police.
A day that will go down in the history books for the city of chicago. Sep 16, 2018 the vivid sight of officer jason van dyke unloading his gun on mcdonald as the teen appeared to walk away with a knife in his hand has rocked chicago unlike any other policeinvolved shooting in. Chicago judge slaps white cop on trial for laquan mcdonald. Jason van dyke, former chicago police officer who shot and. Busloads of police officers and state troopers braced for the chaos that many feared would have followed an acquittal. Jury convicts chicago officer of 2nddegree murder in laquan.
A former cops view of police use of force, jason van dyke. A jury has convicted white chicago police officer jason van dyke of seconddegree murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager laquan. Dashcam video showed van dyke shooting t the 17yearold 16 times as he. Jason van dyke, exchicago officer, sentenced to 6 years.
Former chicago officer gets almost seven years for teens. Jason van dyke, ex officer who killed teenager, is beaten by inmates, lawyers say jason van dyke during his sentencing hearing in chicago in january. Jason van dyke sentenced to 6 years, 9 months for laquan. White chicago police officer jason van dyke has been found guilty of seconddegree murder in the shooting death of black teenager laquan mcdonald. Mar 19, 2019 chicago ap chicago police officer jason van dyke fatally shot laquan mcdonald in 2014. Oct 06, 2018 officer van dykes trial was among the most closely watched in chicago history. Former chicago officer jason van dyke sentenced to. Chicago ap chicago police officer jason van dyke fatally shot laquan mcdonald in 2014.
Mar 23, 2017 chicago police officer jason van dyke has been indicted on 16 new criminal charges on top of the six counts of firstdegree murder he faces in the fatal 2014 shooting of teenager laquan mcdonald. Jason van dyke scheduled for sentencing on friday in laquan. Review a black officer on police brutality washington post. He was convicted in october of seconddegree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery one for each bullet the white officer fired at the black 17yearold. Oct 05, 2018 jason van dyke, 40, was the first chicago officer to be charged with murder for an onduty shooting in about 50 years. Chicago police officer jason van dyke has been charged with firstdegree murder in the onduty shooting of 17yearold laquan mcdonald in october 2014. Jan 18, 2019 in october of 2014, a white police officer fatally shot a black teenager on the streets of chicago. Oct 05, 2018 a jury on friday convicted white chicago police officer jason van dyke of seconddegree murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager laquan mcdonald. Officer convicted of murder in slaying of laquan mcdonald.
News cameras and media are surrounding the building, waiting for the muchanticipated sentencing of jason van dyke, the first chicago patrol officer to be convicted of murder in nearly 50 years. What justice for laquan mcdonald could look like the. The former chicago police officer convicted in the murder of a black teenager who was shot 16 times as he walked away was sentenced friday to 6 years, 9 months. Sep 02, 2018 chicago police and the black community.
Oct 17, 2018 web only features october 17, 2018 van dykes guilty verdict was made possible by decades of activism against racist policing. Locking up our own, contains the best history of black cops, and the lesson. Oct 06, 2018 chicago police officer jason van dyke listens while attorneys step before judge vincent gaughan bench, as the jury has sent another question to judge gaughan, who read it aloud from the bench during deliberations in van dyke s trial at the leighton criminal court building, friday, oct. Oct 05, 2018 chicago jason van dyke, a white chicago police officer, was found guilty of seconddegree murder on friday, nearly four years after he shot and killed laquan mcdonald, a black 17yearold. Jason van dyke, a 14year veteran on the chicago police. Jason van dyke, the exchicago police officer convicted of killing laquan mcdonald, has been transferred out of federal prison. Chicago officer convicted of murder in slaying of laquan. Chicago cop charged with murder had checkered past youtube. An attorney for former chicago police officer jason van dyke is on track to win a seat on a property tax appeals panel. In his first interview since he was arrested and just days before jury selection in his trial is set to begin officer jason van dyke told the chicago tribune. When police officer jason van dyke let loose a hail of gunfire on 17yearold mcdonald, murdering him in october of 2014, the police code of silence quickly sprang into action.
The murder trial of laquan mcdonald nprs michel martin talks with jenn white, the host of 16 shots, a podcast from wbez and the chicago tribune, about. Officer van dyke s trial was among the most closely watched in chicago history. Judge vincent gaughan sentenced van dyke in january to six years and nine months in prison. On october 5, van dyke was convicted of seconddegree murder in the shooting of mcdonald. Van dykes attorney, dan herbert, said van dyke was happy with the sentence that cook county judge vincent gaughan handed down friday. Feb 14, 2019 jason van dyke, ex officer who killed teenager, is beaten by inmates, lawyers say jason van dyke during his sentencing hearing in chicago in january. Chicago police officer convicted of murder in slaying of. Jason van dyke, exofficer who killed teenager, is beaten by. Officer charles rob roberts is such a fixture in the essex county community he has patrolled for 20 years, that fellow officers call him the unofficial mayor of glen ridge. Chicago officers charged with conspiracy in laquan mcdonald. Oct 14, 2018 nothing can undo the murder of laquan mcdonald.
Officer van dyke has been charged with first degree murder. Nov 25, 2015 the former police officer currently stands as the first law enforcement official to be charged with murder in chicagos history. Officer jason van dyke was charged with murder tuesday in the 2014 shooting death of 17yearold laquan mcdonald in chicago. Chicago officials have released graphic dashcam video of 17yearold laquan mcdonalds final moments. The murder of laquan mcdonald took place on october 20, 2014, in chicago, illinois, when the 17yearold african american was fatally shot by chicago police officer jason van dyke. Jason van dyke could have been flagged as a problem officer who needed intervention to avoid a tragic incident long before he fired the 16 shots that killed 17year old laquan mcdonald in 2014, a study of civilian complaints against chicago police officers. Dashcam video shows graphic chicago shooting youtube. Chicago officer sentenced for murdering black teen laquan. Former chicago cop jason van dyke to be sentenced for laquan. He was taken into custody moments after the verdict was read. Laquan mcdonald, a chicago teenager who appears to have needed some type of medical intervention, was instead met by an officer, jason. Sep 06, 2018 horaces critique of jason van dyke, the chicago police officer who shot mcdonald 16 times, is less muted. Officers charged with conspiracy in mcdonald shooting case three chicago police officers have been accused of concealing evidence to protect the shooter, fellow officer jason van dyke.
Officer jason van dyke found guilty of seconddegree. Reflecting on the jason van dyke trial facing history and. He was convicted in october of seconddegree murder. Jason van dyke, the chicago police officer convicted of murdering 17yearold laquan mcdonald, was sentenced to 81 months, or 6 years and 9 months, in. A timeline of the chicago police shooting of laquan mcdonald. Chicago police officer found guilty of 2nddegree murder of. Oct 05, 2018 officer convicted of murder in slaying of laquan mcdonald. Van dykes guilty verdict was made possible by decades of. The former police officer currently stands as the first law enforcement official to be charged with murder in chicagos history. Jason van dyke, the chicago police officer who shot laquan mcdonald, a black teenager, in 2014, 16 times, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges. Jason van dyke, 40, was the first chicago officer to be charged with murder for an onduty shooting in about 50 years. Van dykes partner, officers on the scene, investigating detectives, and their superior officers all collaborated to manufacture, record and. Jason van dyke is jailed for almost seven years for killing black teenager laquan mcdonald in 2014.
Nov 26, 2015 no disciplinary action taken against the officer in the 20 citizen complaints. The documents detail van dyke s unprovoked shooting of mcdonald, but. The illinois fraternal order of police decried the jury verdict finding chicago officer jason van dyke guilty of seconddegree murder in the 2014 shooting of laquan mcdonald. Police had initially reported that mcdonald was behaving erratically while walking down the street, refused to put down a knife he was carrying, and lunged at them. Jan, 2019 chicago police officer jason van dyke is set to learn on friday how long hell spend in prison when cook county judge vincent gaughan hands down his sentence for the 2014 murder of laquan. Oct 05, 2018 the conviction of chicago police officer jason van dyke on seconddegree murder charges comes nearly four years after the white officer shot and killed laquan mcdonald. Former chicago police officer jason van dyke sentenced to. Officer jason van dyke faced 20 complaints, lawsuits cnn. Illinois fraternal order of police slams van dyke guilty. Oct 06, 2018 this is not one of my usual chicago history related posts but after the recent verdict of 2nddegree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm leveled at chicago officer jason van.