By J. Coyden Palmer, Chicago Crusader On July 18th Cook County Chief Criminal Court Judge Leroy Martin Jr. removed the judge who was handling the case of three officers accused of lying in the LaQuan McDonald case at the request of prosecutors. Judge Domenica Stephenson has now been assigned the

By J. Coyden Palmer, Chicago Crusader As three Chicago Police officers pleaded not guilty July 10 to falsifying police reports in the murder case of Laquan McDonald, activists who want justice for the teen victim plan on being at every court hearing until the case is concluded. With big shot

Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY Three current or former Chicago Police officers have been indicted on state charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and misconduct related to the investigation of the fatal police-involved shooting death of Laquan McDonald, prosecutors announced Tuesday. A Cook County special grand jury filed the charges against

By Patrick Elwood, wgntv.com The Chicago police board has decided to allow the officers accused of aiding in the Laquan McDonald cover up to go back on the job for now. Superintendent Eddie Johnson has suspended the four officers who were on the scene the night McDonald was shot and

By Joe Vince, patch.com Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke faces new charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. According to an indictment unsealed Thursday, March 23, 16 counts of aggravated battery — a count for each shot fired at the 17-year-old McDonald

By J. Coyden Palmer, Chicago Crusader Lawyers for Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Black teen Laquan McDonald in 2014, asked a Cook County judge on January 10 to dismiss the charges against Van Dyke. Attorney Daniel Herbert argued that

By Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY A grand jury will hear evidence of a possible cover-up by several Chicago cops at the scene of the controversial police shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, an Illinois judge said Monday. Judge LeRoy Martin Jr., the presiding judge of the Cook County Court’s criminal

By ebony.com Chicago’s police superintendent recommended that seven police officers be fired for the filing of false reports after the shooting death of LaQuan McDonald in 2014. Supt. Eddie Johnson issued an e-mail on Thursday recommending the termination and suspending the officers of their police powers, the Chicago Tribune reported.

By Erick Johnson, Chicago Crusader His last minutes on earth ended with 16 gunshots on a busy Chicago street. While Laquan McDonald lay buried in Forest Home Cemetery in west suburban Forest Park, a videotape that shows his brutal death at the hands of his killer is kept from the

Chicago Crusader staff report Patience is wearing thin among activists waiting to find out about the special prosecutor who will handle the Laquan McDonald case. Chief Criminal Court Judge Leroy K. Martin on Friday, July 15 postponed making a decision until he received responses from “various public entities” he was