October 20, 2014—Officer Jason Van Dyke shoots Laquan McDonald sixteen times.
November 24, 2015—Video released to public, contradicting the story told by Van Dyke and the Chicago Police Department.
September 4, 2018—Rahm Emanuel announces he will not seek a third term as mayor of Chicago.
October 5, 2018: Van Dyke guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, first shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, second shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, third shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, fourth shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, fifth shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, sixth shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, seventh shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, eighth shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, ninth shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, tenth shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, eleventh shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, twelfth shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, thirteenth shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, fourteenth shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, fifteenth shot; guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm, sixteenth shot. (Ray Pride)
Best of Chicago 2018