Chicago, Illinois: Officer Jason Van Dyke - murderer of Laquan McDonald - to be released from prison Feb. 3

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Jason Van Dyke to be released from prison Feb. 3
Former Chicago police officer spent more than three years in prison for the 2014 murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

14 January 2022

Former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke will leave prison next month after serving more than three years for the murder of Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke is set to be released Feb. 3, having served three years, three months and nine days of the 81-month sentence handed down after his 2018 conviction for second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery — one for each bullet he fired at the 17-year-old McDonald as the teen fled from police across a Southwest Side intersection the night of Oct. 20, 2014. Van Dyke, 43, abandoned appeals of his conviction a year into ...

Jason Van Dyke to be released from prison Feb. 3

Former Chicago police officer spent more than three years in prison for the 2014 murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

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Outrage as Cop Who Murdered Unarmed Teen to Be Released from Prison Early After Just 3 Years

21 January 2022

Four years after murdering a high school student in October 2018, former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of 2nd degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm after shooting and killing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. In January 2019, he was sentenced to just 6 years and 9 months in prison. While the sentence is certainly short given the slew of crimes, what little justice was being served came to a grinding halt this week after authorities announced that Van Dyke will be released early, serving less than half of his sentence. Now, activists are ...

Outrage as Cop Who Murdered Unarmed Teen to Be Released from Prison Early After Just 3 Years

Despite being found guilty of murdering a 17 year old boy, former officer Jason Van Dyke will be released after serving just 3 years in prison.

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Fury over early release of Chicago officer convicted of Black teenager’s murder

2 February 2022

The early release from prison of a white Chicago police officer who was sentenced to about seven years for the murder of a Black teenager in 2014 has sparked anger among relatives, community organizers and politicians who are questioning the decision to shave three years off his sentence for ‘good behavior’. Jason Van Dyke, who was convicted of murder in 2018, was sentenced to six years and nine months for the murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, after video showed Van Dyke shooting the teenager 16 times. Van Dyke is now set to be released on 3 February, almost three years ...

Fury over early release of Chicago officer convicted of Black teenager’s murder

Jason Van Dyke’s six-year sentence for killing Laquan McDonald was commuted by three years for ‘good behavior’

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Protesters arrested calling for federal charges against Van Dyke: ‘We’re gonna shut down the entire city of Chicago’

The protesters who were detained were among a larger group who delivered a letter to U.S. Attorney John Lausch demanding federal civil rights charges against the former officer, who was released from state custody hours earlier.

3 February 2022

A group of protesters was arrested while demonstrating Thursday at the Federal Building in the Loop as they called for federal charges against former Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke, who was released from a state prison hours earlier after serving just over three years for the killing of Laquan McDonald. The nine protesters who were detained around 5 p.m. were among several dozen people who gathered in Federal Plaza earlier in the day with former mayoral candidate Ja’mal Green, Rev. Michael Pfleger and the Rev. Jesse Jackson and delivered a letter to U.S. Attorney John Lausch demanding civil rights charges ...

Protesters arrested calling for federal charges against Van Dyke: ‘We’re gonna shut down the entire city of Chicago’

The protesters who were detained were among a larger group who delivered a letter to U.S. Attorney John Lausch demanding federal civil rights charges against the former officer, who was released from state custody hours earlier.

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