Feb 3, 2022 · Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke is being let out of prison after serving less than half of his sentence for killing Black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014.

McDonald was a 17-year-old who was fatally shot by a Chicago Police Officer, Jason Van Dyke. [3] [4] Police had initially reported that McDonald was behaving erratically while walking down the street, refusing to put down a knife, and that he had lunged at officers.

Feb 4, 2022 · Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for killing Black teenager Laquan McDonald, angering community leaders who feel the white officer’s punishment didn’t fit his crime..

Feb 3, 2022 · CHICAGO (WLS) -- Jason Van Dyke was released prison Thursday, the ABC7 I-Team has learned. The former Chicago police officer was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 81 months, or...

Feb 3, 2022 · A jury found Jason Van Dyke guilty of 2nd degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery. Unlike Chauvin, who was sentenced to 22 and 1/2 years, Van Dyke received a more lenient...

Feb 3, 2022 · Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago police officer convicted of killing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014, is set to be released from prison Thursday, prompting...

Mar 17, 2022 · Last month, former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke walked out of Taylorville Correctional Center, some 200 miles south of Chicago, in the dead of night. He had served nearly half of the 81-month second-degree murder sentence that Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan handed to him for the 2014 killing of teenager Laquan McDonald.

Feb 3, 2022 · Jason Van Dyke, who is white, had been in custody since he was convicted of second-degree murder and aggravated battery for the October 2014 shooting death of the 17-year-old McDonald, who was...

Jan 18, 2019 · Chicago, IL – Former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke has been sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan handed down the sentence before a packed courtroom on Friday afternoon.

Feb 3, 2022 · Jason Van Dyke, who was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison in 2019 for the 2014 fatal shooting of the Black teenager, has served about half his time. As of about 10am local time,...