A Chicago officer sentenced for the murder of black teenager Laquan McDonald

The former Chicago policeman, Jason Van Dyke, was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison for the murder of black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014.

A video of Van Dyke repeatedly firing on the 17-year-old was released a year later, he provoked street protests.

During Friday's hearing, locals reported that the police officer had been mistreated in the past.

A witness told the court that Van Dyke, 40, had put him in the vise after letting him refuse to spit a drop of cough.

Another claimed that he had put a gun on his head while he was leaving a gas station and had screamed racist epithets in his face.

Van Dyke's brother-in-law, who is black, also told the bar that he had never known that the former policeman was a "racist policeman".

After a trial in October, Van Dyke was found. guilty of murder and 16 aggravated battery charge counts – a charge for each shot shot at McDonald's

The video of the incident occurred by Dashcam showed that McDonald's, who was at the # 39, the origin of the PCP drug at the time, refused to his officer to drop the order. a knife while he was walking down the street.

Friday's sentence comes one day after three former and current police officers, accused of helping to conceal the murder, were found not guilty by another Chicago judge.

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According to the Chicago Tribune, which qualifies the verdict as "staggering", it is the first time in the history of the city that 39, a police officer is the subject of charges related to a shooting in service.

Prior to the sentencing, Van Dyke's family and friends submitted letters mentioning his service in the community.

Her eldest 17-year-old daughter testified earlier Friday at the bar for criticizing the media for criticizing the "police officers jobs".

She told the court that she had written a dissertation on the "harsh realities" of police work and that she did not care about race, "they care about your safety".