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Two views of an animated video portraying Officer Jason Van Dyke and Laquan McDonald is shown to the jury during the trial for the shooting death of McDonald at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Sept. 25, 2018.

Prosecutors lay out potential path for Van Dyke to avoid virtual life sentence for Laquan McDonald slaying

May 23, 2019 at 1:40 a.m.

When a Cook County judge decides former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke’s fate later this week, prosecutors will not be pushing for the ex-patrolman to spend the rest of...

Community activists and residents gather outside the Burger King to pay tribute to Laquan McDonald near the scene of his fatal shooting at 41st Street and Pulaski Road on Nov. 24, 2015.

Burger King at center of Ald. Edward Burke’s alleged scheme has ties to the shooting of Laquan McDonald

May 23, 2019 at 1:39 a.m.

There are more than 50 Burger Kings in the city of Chicago, but none have woven themselves into recent Chicago history like the 4060 S. Pulaski Road location. In addition...

Anthony Gay greets other parishioners at the Church of Peace in Rock Island on Nov. 11, 2018 which he has been attending since being released from prison.

How solitary confinement drove a young inmate to the brink of insanity

June 4, 2019 at 7:36 p.m.

With his mental state deteriorating as he sat in the crushing isolation of solitary confinement, a desperate inmate named Anthony Gay saw a temporary way out. Sometimes it came in...

Ex-Officer Joseph Walsh, from left, former Detective David March and Chicago police Officer Thomas Gaffney arrive in court on the first day of their trial at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Nov. 27, 2018. Special prosecutor Patricia Brown Holmes stands at right.

Two trials with a similar defense — make Laquan McDonald the bad guy

May 23, 2019 at 1:33 a.m.

Observers of the watershed trial alleging a cover-up in the Laquan McDonald shooting could be forgiven for feeling a touch of deja vu. Attorneys defending the three current and former...

5 takeaways from the final day in trial of alleged police cover-up in Laquan McDonald shooting

May 23, 2019 at 1:33 a.m.

After five days of testimony stretched over two weeks, Cook County Judge Domenica Stephenson announced Thursday that she will rule Dec. 19 on whether three former and current Chicago police...

At close of prosecution case, judge declines to throw out charges in alleged police cover-up of Laquan McDonald’s shooting

May 23, 2019 at 1:32 a.m.

Accusations that Chicago police officers conspired to cover up the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald were ridiculed Tuesday by defense attorneys who lobbied unsuccessfully for a Cook County judge to...

6 takeaways after prosecution rests in trial of alleged Chicago police cover-up of Laquan McDonald shooting

May 23, 2019 at 1:32 a.m.

The special prosecution team rested its case Tuesday against three current or former Chicago police officers standing trial on unprecedented charges of conspiring to cover up the circumstances of Laquan...

Trial into alleged police cover-up of Laquan McDonald shooting heads into crucial week

May 23, 2019 at 1:32 a.m.

If the three Chicago cops accused of covering up Laquan McDonald’s shooting get their way, they will walk out of court next week cleared of all charges before their lawyers...

President George H.W. Bush tosses presidential tie clips to Marines at a desert encampment in eastern Saudi Arabia on May 23, 1990.

Praise for George H.W. Bush comes from both sides of Illinois’ political aisle: He ‘sought to build a kinder and gentler nation’

May 23, 2019 at 1:32 a.m.

Shortly after receiving a plum assignment on the influential House Ways and Means Committee in 2003, then-rookie U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel received an unexpected telephone call from former President George...

Eyewitness to Laquan McDonald shooting testifies police quickly waved him away from scene

May 23, 2019 at 1:32 a.m.

Moments after watching Laquan McDonald fall to the pavement on Pulaski Road, fatally shot by Officer Jason Van Dyke, bystander Jose Torres encountered another patrolman: this one waving him away...

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