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Chicago Officer Who Killed 17-Year-Old Laquan McDonald Breaks Silence for the 1st Time Since Fatal Shooting
Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke is ending his silence, giving multiple interviews this week ahead of his murder trial, which is scheduled to begin next week. Van Dyke gave his first TV interview to Fox32, and also sat down to speak to reporters from the Chicago Tribune. Unsurprisingly, for both interviews, he declined to…
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Prosecutors Cannot Call Laquan McDonald, 17-Year-Old Shot and Killed by Chicago Cop, a 'Victim' During Murder Trial
A Chicago judge ruled on Wednesday that prosecutors will be unable to call Laquan McDonald, who was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer, a victim until closing arguments. Attorneys defending Officer Jason Van Dyke, the officer who is facing charges of first-degree murder and other firearm offenses in McDonald’s death, have claimed that…
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Chicago Cop Gets 5 Years for Shooting Into Car Filled With Black Teens
It must be snowing, because a federal court sentenced a white Chicago police officer to 60 months in prison for shooting into a car full of black teenagers in 2013. On Monday, Marco Proano, 42, received the five-year sentence three months after he was convicted of two counts of using unreasonable force and causing bodily…
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Media’s ‘Mass Delusion About Race’: Not Enough Are Connecting the Dots With Trump
Is FCC’s Repeal Good or Bad for People of Color? To the End, Fats Domino Was a New Orleanian Chicago’s Black Poor Pay 20 Percent More for Water Study Shows Racial Disparities in Plea Deals Writer Subpoenaed in Laquan McDonald Case Telemundo Announces Investigative Unit Female Editors, Too, Were Silent on Harassment Kaepernick Book Deal…
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New Judge Appointed in Laquan McDonald Cover-Up Case
A new judge will hear the case involving three Chicago police officers who allegedly covered up for Officer Jason Van Dyke in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Chief Criminal Court Judge Leroy Martin Jr. has stated that Cook County Judge Domenica Stephenson will manage the case against Officers…
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Special Prosecutor in Case of Officers Charged With Cover-Up in Laquan McDonald Shooting Seeks to Remove ‘Pro-Police’ Judge
Special prosecutor Patricia Brown Holmes, who indicted three Chicago police officers on charges that they covered up the circumstances of the Laquan McDonald shooting, moved to remove the judge in the case on the grounds that she is “prejudiced” against the prosecution. The Chicago Tribune reports that Holmes offered no further explanation for her request…
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3 Chicago Cops Plead Not Guilty to Conspiracy Charges in Alleged Cover-Up in Laquan McDonald’s Shooting Death
The three current and former Chicago police officers who are facing multiple charges, including conspiracy, in an alleged cover-up related to the shooting death of Laquan McDonald have pleaded not guilty. Last month, Detective David March and Officers Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney were charged with conspiracy, official misconduct and obstruction of justice in the…
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3 Chicago Cops Facing Multiple Charges in Alleged Cover-Up in Laquan McDonald’s Shooting Death
Three current or former Chicago police officers were indicted on multiple charges Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to cover up wrongdoing by Officer Jason Van Dyke, who gunned down 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in October 2014. The Chicago Tribune reports that Detective David March and Patrol Officers Joseph Walsh (Van Dyke’s partner that night) and Thomas Gaffney…
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Cops Who Covered Up Laquan McDonald’s Death Back on Chicago Payroll
The cops who lied in police reports after they watched one of their fellow officers empty his gun into the body of a 17-year-old black boy will be back at the Chicago Police Department, receiving their full paychecks. The Chicago Tribune reports that the Chicago Police Board has also delayed disciplinary hearings for four officers…