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Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke Found Guilty of Second-Degree Murder in the Killing of Laquan McDonald

Laquan McDonald and Jason Van Dyke
Laquan McDonald and Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke (Source: CNN)
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2018
By: Rosemary Piser

Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty today of second-degree murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke was also found guilty of 16 counts of aggravated battery.

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Van Dyke sat impassively with his shoulders slumped as the verdicts were read in the high-profile case. At one point, he sipped water from…

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