The Latest Breaking News from Jason Van Dyke

After battling in court for body-cam footage that showed a Chicago police SUV barreling into Martina Standley in 2019, activist William Calloway kept pushing for evidence the police department was acting in bad faith.

Tracey Hunter says prosecutors never called her or her daughter, Tina Hunter, McDonald’s mother, about the decision.

CHICAGO — Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx was elected in 2016 as a reform candidate, knocking out incumbent Anita Alvarez after harshly criticizing the way she handled charges in 17-year-old Laquan McDonald’s fatal shooting by on-duty Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke.

Van Dyke was charged, convicted and sentenced to 81 months in prison for the fatal 2014 shooting. He was released early because of "good time" just like other eligible prisoners.

Although ex-inmates often land back in prison, one expert said "I would be surprised if Van Dyke, a white former police officer, has the same experience as the average returning resident, who is likely a lower-income, Black or Brown person reconnecting with loved ones after years locked up."

Nine people arrested inside the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago demanding federal charges against former Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke have ben ordered by a federal judge to stay away from the building for 60 days and pay $200 fines

Chicago community organizers are vowing to continue protests calling for federal charges against Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago police officer released from a state prison Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for killing Black teenager Laquan McDonald

The "Laquan Nine" were arrested Thursday after linking arms inside the Federal Building in the Loop.

The ex-Chicago cop’s early release from prison after his murder conviction for killing Laquan McDonald puts the spotlight on federal prosecutors over calls for such charges.