Jason Van Dyke sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison for killing of Laquan McDonald
by Megan Crepeau, Christy Gutowski, Jason Meisner and Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune
Jan 19, 2019
2 minutes
CHICAGO - Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was sentenced to 6 3/4 years in prison Friday for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, closing one of the most racially fraught and socially significant chapters in recent Chicago history.
After a daylong hearing, Judge Vincent Gaughan sentenced Van Dyke only on the second-degree murder conviction, finding that
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