Jury Considers The Murder Case Against Chicago Police Officer

By Chip Mitchell
Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, right, views an enlarged diagram of bullet entry and exit wounds found on the body of Laquan McDonald, as the diagram is shown to the jury during the trial for the shooting death of McDonald by Van Dyke, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)
Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, right, views an enlarged diagram of bullet entry and exit wounds found on the body of Laquan McDonald, as the diagram is shown to the jury during the trial for the shooting death of McDonald by Van Dyke, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool) John J. Kim/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool
Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, right, views an enlarged diagram of bullet entry and exit wounds found on the body of Laquan McDonald, as the diagram is shown to the jury during the trial for the shooting death of McDonald by Van Dyke, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool) John J. Kim/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool
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Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, right, views an enlarged diagram of bullet entry and exit wounds found on the body of Laquan McDonald, as the diagram is shown to the jury during the trial for the shooting death of McDonald by Van Dyke, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)
Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, right, views an enlarged diagram of bullet entry and exit wounds found on the body of Laquan McDonald, as the diagram is shown to the jury during the trial for the shooting death of McDonald by Van Dyke, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool) John J. Kim/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool
Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, right, views an enlarged diagram of bullet entry and exit wounds found on the body of Laquan McDonald, as the diagram is shown to the jury during the trial for the shooting death of McDonald by Van Dyke, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool) John J. Kim/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool
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Jury Considers The Murder Case Against Chicago Police Officer

By Chip Mitchell
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Lawyers for both sides gave the jury their final arguments Thursday in the murder trial of Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke in the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

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