Chicago officer sentenced for murdering black teen Laquan McDonald (BBC)

Ex-Chicago policeman Jason Van Dyke has been sentenced to six years and nine months in jail for the 2014 killing of black teenager Laquan McDonald. Video of Van Dyke firing repeatedly at the 17-year-old was released a year later, and…

White policeman convicted of murder after shooting black teenager 16 times

A white police officer has been convicted of murdering a black teenager after firing 16 bullets into him during a confrontation. The death of Laquan McDonald in 2014 triggered months of protests in Chicago and America’s third-largest city is braced…

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