Laquan McDonald's family called for peaceful protests as murder trial begins. The family of an African-American teenager fatally shot by a white Chicago police officer pleaded Tuesday for "complete ...

*A Cook County judge has agreed to appoint a special prosecutor to handle the murder case against Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, charged in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago police officer now faces first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, 17. He is being held without bail. Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke shot ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush is calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor to handle the Laquan McDonald case. Rush says he has no confidence in Cook County State's ...

CHICAGO -- Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer convicted of murdering 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, was sentenced to 81 months, or 6 years and 9 months, in prison and two years mandatory ...

The murder of Laquan McDonald and subsequent trial of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke changed Chicago and riveted the nation. Now, a documentary directed by Richard Rowley about the shooting and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO (AP) — The 2018 conviction of former ...

For more than a year after 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was shot 16 times in 14 seconds on a Chicago street by Officer Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago Police Department claimed that McDonald had been ...

*(Via NBC News) – Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson has filed termination charges for five Chicago police officers involved in the Laquan McDonald shooting following a report from the Inspector ...

To Chicago now and news of the sentencing of former police officer Jason Van Dyke. Van Dyke got nearly seven years in prison for killing black teenager Laquan McDonald. Here's Cook County Judge ...