Something Went Wrong in Chicago
A white policeman was convicted of murder in the killing of a black teen—an outcome that goes against the many forces aligned to prevent the officer from facing consequences.
On Friday afternoon, the Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was convicted of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated assault—one for each bullet he fired into 17-year old Laquan McDonald’s body in 2014.
The verdict was a of a white police officer being convicted of murder for killing a black person. This outcome might tempt some to say that the system finally worked. But really the opposite is true. The system is designed to exonerate police who abuse their
