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Attorney Todd Pugh, left, exits a 2017 court hearing with former police Officer Joseph Walsh, center, and Officer Thomas Gaffney at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago.

Judge allows cameras for trial of three Chicago cops charged with covering up for Van Dyke

May 23, 2019 at 1:25 a.m.

A Cook County judge Monday allowed cameras in court for three current and former Chicago police officers charged with covering up the circumstances surrounding the Laquan McDonald shooting. Judge Domenica...

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.

What lies ahead for Jason Van Dyke — a complicated sentence, an appeal, a distant jail

May 23, 2019 at 1:22 a.m.

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke has been convicted of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm — one for each shot he fired into 17-year-old...

Prosecutor Joseph McMahon and defense attorney Daniel Herbert approach the judge's bench at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Oct. 4, 2018.

Special prosecutor McMahon scores career-defining win with Van Dyke’s conviction

May 23, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

To Laquan McDonald’s family, Joseph McMahon is a hero: the prosecutor who defied the odds and won a murder conviction against the Chicago police officer who killed their 17-year-old relative...

People rally at 71st Street and Jeffery Boulevard after the jury's guilty verdict was delivered on Oct. 5, 2018, in Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke's trial for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald.

A historic murder conviction of a Chicago cop — and a city’s sigh of relief

May 23, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

With an entire city watching, convicted murderer Jason Van Dyke was taken into sheriff’s custody Friday and escorted from the courtroom.

Van Dyke taken into custody after jury convicts him of 2nd-degree murder, aggravated battery for each of 16 shots

May 23, 2019 at 1:20 a.m.

Minutes after being convicted of murder, Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke rose in the packed Cook County courtroom to be taken into custody. He had already said his goodbyes...

The verdict, the protests, a family’s relief: How day of Officer Jason Van Dyke’s conviction unfolded

May 23, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was convicted Friday of second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, marking a stunning end to a racially tinged case that roiled...

Jurors in Jason Van Dyke trial say officer’s claim of self-defense did not match video

May 23, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

Jurors in the murder trial of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke said they believed the officer escalated a situation that could have been defused when he shot teenager Laquan...

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, right, and attorney Daniel Herbert appear before Judge Vincent Gaughan on Oct. 5, 2018, to explain a reported threat made against Van Dyke's daughter and why Van Dyke was late coming to court the evening before.

Amid Jason Van Dyke trial, Chicago police say arrest made following threats against police and public officials

May 23, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

Amid jury deliberations in the murder trial of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, police say they have taken someone into custody following several threats against “police officers and public...

Meet the jury: Inside the Jason Van Dyke courtroom

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

Twelve jurors are deliberating on the fate of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, who is facing two counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery in the...

2 alternate jurors excused from Jason Van Dyke trial say they leaned toward murder conviction

May 23, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

Two alternate jurors dismissed from the murder trial of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, who is charged with killing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, told reporters Thursday afternoon they both leaned...

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