Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke is expected to be out of prison Thursday after serving a little more than three years behind bars for the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald.
Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke is expected to be out of prison Thursday after serving a little more than three years behind bars for the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald, a shooting that roiled the city and has left a mixed legacy of reform.
While word of the ex-officer’s release caught many by surprise, Van Dyke was expected all along to leave custody in February 2022. Judge Vincent Gaughan sentenced him on the second-degree murder conviction — not his aggravated battery convictions — meaning Van Dyke was likely to serve only about half of his 81-month sentence.
On Tuesday, the president of the national chapter of the NAACP sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland saying the lack of resolution in the federal case, coupled with Van Dyke’s pending release, was “clearly alarming” to the Black community. A Justice Department spokesperson said the department has received the letters and “will review the information,” but declined further comment.When asked Tuesday whether she would support bringing federal charges against Van Dyke, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said she was not in a position to give federal prosecutors direction. But Van Dyke’s sentence was not appropriate given the seriousness of the crime he committed, she said.
Records show that just days after Van Dyke was sentenced in Cook County Criminal Court in January 2019, federal prosecutors told a federal judge in a search warrant application that the federal grand jury probe was winding down.
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