BREAKING: Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was released from state prison Thursday after serving a little more than three years behind bars for the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald.
A source told the Tribune that as of 10 a.m. Thursday, Van Dyke was “no longer in IDOC custody” but provided no further details.Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued a statement early Thursday on Van Dyke’s impending exit from prison.
Since his January 2019 sentencing, Van Dyke has served time at a downstate prison, a federal detention center in Connecticut, and at an undisclosed location as part of an interstate agreement where high-profile prisoners can be kept off databases of inmates available to the public online. Van Dyke must now complete his term of mandatory supervised release, Illinois’ version of parole. The only requirement marked on the review board’s form was that he participate in a cognitive behavioral therapy program, a common measure aimed at reducing recidivism.
Hours later, Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth penned a letter of their own noting that the state conviction does not preclude the filing of federal charges, citing the recent cases against Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, who was charged in both jurisdictions with the May 2020 murder of George Floyd.
“The sentence put down for Jason Van Dyke does not meet the crime, and if there’s an ability to do something about it on the federal level then by all means something should be done.”
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