CHICAGO – A jury on Friday found Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke Guilty of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
The October 2014 shooting was one in a series of deadly confrontations between law enforcement and black men and women that spurred a national conversation on policing, and an incident that fractured the already tattered trust of police in the African-American community of the nation’s third-largest city.
Van Dyke stared ahead with a forlorn expression on his face as the verdict was read.
He was found guilty of 16 counts of aggravated battery – one for each shot he fired at McDonald. He was found not guilty of official misconduct. His bond was revoked and he was taken into custody.
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