Jason Van Dyke was sentenced in 2019 to six years and nine months but only served about three years and four months.
Jason Van Dyke, who is white, was sentenced in 2019 to
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot released a statement to residents ahead of the release Thursday, saying she understood many were frustrated and that a sentence of "81 months was and remains a supreme disappointment." Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke enters the courtroom for his sentencing hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Jan. 18, 2019, in Chicago.
"I understand why this continues to feel like a miscarriage of justice, especially when many Black and brown men get sentenced to so much more prison time for having committed far lesser crimes," Lightfoot said. "It’s these distortions in the criminal justice system, historically, that have made it so hard to build trust."
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