Today in History: Chicago officer Jason Van Dyke convicted for Laquan McDonald’s murder
- Posted on October 5, 2025
- By Chicago Tribune
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Today in History: Chicago officer Jason Van Dyke convicted for Laquan McDonald’s murder

On Oct. 5, 2018, a jury in Chicago convicted white police officer Jason Van Dyke of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of Black teenager Laquan McDonald.