Jason Van Dyke
Cover-up efforts continued in the murder trial of ex-Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke.
The trial over a white police officer killing a Black teenager in Chicago in was scheduled to begin Monday.
Prosecutors are calling foul play.
On-duty police officers are seldom found guilty of murder.
The cop who killed Laquan McDonald speaks for the first time.
The three cops are charged with conspiring to cover up alleged wrongdoing by Officer Jason Van Dyke in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
The Chicago Police board ruled Monday that four Chicago cops, who were suspended without pay for their involvement in an investigation of the 2014 fatal shooting of teen Laquan McDonald, will return to duty.
Footage uploaded to Twitter shows the students chanting “16 shots and a cover up!” and “Hey hey, ho ho, Rahm Emanuel’s got to go!”
A new indictment unsealed Thursday added 16 counts of aggravated battery to the case against Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke in the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald in 2014.
Chicago's Rep. Bobby Rush introduces legislation to mandate the proper use of police body cameras and dash cams.
More allegations flew in the Laquan Mcdonald shooting case with lawyers for Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke having claimed Friday that prosecutors "misled" the jury and Dyke was "sacrificed" to an angry mob" in their latest attempt for a dismissal of charges against the cop.
Lawyers for officer Jason Van Dyke, who is charged in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan Mcdonald, requested a dismissal of the criminal case Tuesday. A judge also approved the release of Mcdonald's juvenile records to the lawyers.
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