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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is responding to criticism following the release of the Inspector General's report on the fatal Laquan McDonald shooting. "I never thought ...

Sunday is the 10th anniversary of the murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke. Because the killing and its aftermath altered the course of Chicago history, it is ...

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 -- 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 ...

*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, ...

*The fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the release of a video showing the incident is shining a light on law enforcement in Chicago as well as next year’s ...

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 ...