Stacy St. Clair

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.

5 takeaways from the second day of testimony at the trial of 3 Chicago cops in alleged cover-up of Laquan McDonald shooting

May 23, 2019 at 7:59 p.m.

Here are five takeaways from likely the prosecution's most pivotal day of testimony at the trial of three former or current Chicago police officers charged with an alleged cover-up of...

Chicago cop says her report on Laquan McDonald shooting falsified by detective on trial

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

Chicago police Officer Dora Fontaine says she was horrified on seeing statements that the detective investigating Laquan McDonald’s death had attributed to her. She maintains she never told him the...

Trial opens with lawyers sparring over evidence in alleged police cover-up of Laquan McDonald shooting

May 23, 2019 at 1:31 a.m.

The cramped Cook County courtroom had the look and feel of thousands of other criminal trials before it. There was testimony about a fatal shooting and the ensuing investigation by...

5 takeaways from the first day of trial for 3 Chicago cops in alleged cover-up of Laquan McDonald shooting

May 23, 2019 at 7:59 p.m.

The trial that kicked off Tuesday over an alleged cover-up by Chicago police in the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald isn’t just rare — it’s unprecedented. Here are five takeaways...

Chicago police Officer Thomas Gaffney, left, ex-Officer Joseph Walsh and former Detective David March attend a pretrial hearing Nov. 15, 2018, with Judge Domenica A. Stephenson at Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Chicago cop key witness at trial of 3 colleagues charged with covering up Laquan McDonald’s shooting

May 23, 2019 at 7:59 p.m.

Her fellow officers consider her a rat. The city’s inspector general labeled her a liar. Yet Chicago police Officer Dora Fontaine could be the prosecution’s star witness in next week’s...

Chicago police Officer Thomas Gaffney, from left, ex-Officer Joseph Walsh and former Detective David March attend a pretrial hearing Nov. 15, 2018.

Prosecutors claim conspiracy, defense blasts evidence as 3 Chicago cops face trial in alleged cover-up of Laquan McDonald shooting

May 23, 2019 at 1:29 a.m.

Within minutes of Laquan McDonald’s slaying, witnesses to the shooting were allegedly waved from the scene by police without first being questioned about what they saw. Chicago police officers who...

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5 takeaways from the second day of testimony at the trial of 3 Chicago cops in alleged cover-up of Laquan McDonald shooting

Chicago cop says her report on Laquan McDonald shooting falsified by detective on trial

Trial opens with lawyers sparring over evidence in alleged police cover-up of Laquan McDonald shooting

5 takeaways from the first day of trial for 3 Chicago cops in alleged cover-up of Laquan McDonald shooting

Chicago cop key witness at trial of 3 colleagues charged with covering up Laquan McDonald’s shooting

Prosecutors claim conspiracy, defense blasts evidence as 3 Chicago cops face trial in alleged cover-up of Laquan McDonald shooting

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Prosecutors, defense lawyers tangle at hearing over alleged cover-up of the Laquan McDonald shooting