C Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Saturday, October 6, 2018 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com VAN DYKE CONVICTED, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke is taken away by a sheriff’s deputy after being convicted Friday in the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald. Reaction: Officer found guilty of 2nd-degree murder, aggravated battery for each of A mix 16 shots in death of Laquan McDonald By Megan Crepeau, of cheers, Christy Gutowski, Coming Sunday Jason Meisner and More coverage of the trial that Stacy St. Clair the whole city was watching. tears, relief Chicago Tribune ‘Justice for Laquan’ Minutes after being con- McDonald, marking a stunning victed of murder, Chicago po- end to a racially tinged case that is the chant upon lice Officer Jason Van Dyke rose roiled the city when the now- Van Dyke conviction in the packed Cook County infamous police dashboard courtroom to be taken into camera video of the shooting By Juan Perez Jr., custody. He had already said his was released three years ago by Tony Briscoe, goodbyes to his wife and family. court order. Ese Olumhense, Looking fatigued but calm, the Van Dyke is the first Chicago Dawn Rhodes and ZBIGNIEW BZDAK/CHICAGO TRIBUNE veteran patrol officer put his police officer in half a century to Patrick M. O’Connell A woman celebrates Friday at 71st and Jeffery upon learning of hands behind his back as his be found guilty of murder for an Chicago Tribune the conviction of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke. attorney, Daniel Herbert, on-duty shooting. clapped him on the back of his He faces a minimum of six On the steps of the Leighton — guilty of second-degree shouted one woman, gathered shoulder. As sheriff’s deputies years in prison when he is Criminal Court Building and murder and 16 counts of aggra- near the steps of the court- escorted Van Dyke out of the sentenced by Judge Vincent the sidewalk outside City Hall, vated battery for the shooting house at 26th Street and Cali- courtroom, Herbert flashed Gaughan. The jury acquitted demonstrators and curious death of Laquan McDonald — fornia Avenue, as the verdicts him a thumbs-up. him of a single count of official Chicagoans gathered nerv- the demonstrators watched were read slowly, one by one, With that, one of the most misconduct. ously Friday afternoon, hud- silently, riveted to the hand- inside the courthouse five closely watched trials in Chi- Jurors told reporters that dled around cellphones and held screens. They pressed floors above them. cago’s history came to an abrupt most of them thought Van Dyke television screens, holding their ears to cellphone speak- A few passing cars on Cali- conclusion. guilty when they entered delib- their collective breath as they ers, straining to hear. When fornia Avenue honked their A jury Friday convicted Van erations but were initially split awaited the verdict in the trial the jury forewoman finished horns as news of the verdicts Dyke of second-degree murder over whether to convict him of of police Officer Jason Van reading, the crowd erupted in spread. Others in the group and 16 counts of aggravated first- or second-degree murder. Dyke. cheers. battery with a firearm in the When the verdicts rolled in “Thank you, Jesus!” Turn to Reaction, Page 2 death of 17-year-old Laquan Turn to Van Dyke, Page 4 Confirmation all but confirmed By Seung Min Kim and John Wagner Sens. Collins, Flake, Manchin plan to back The Washington Post Kavanaugh, assuring elevation to high court WASHINGTON — Judge Brett vanaugh fended off allegations of years as a federal appeals court Kavanaugh on Friday secured the decades-old sexual misconduct. judge and that the misconduct support needed to win Senate In a key procedural vote earlier allegations against him failed to confirmation to the Supreme Friday, Collins, Flake and meet a standard of “more likely Court as two Republicans and a Manchin joined with the majority than not.” Democrat who had waited to in a 51-49 vote to advance Ka- Manchin, a red-state Democrat announce their votes rallied to the vanaugh’s nomination. Following up for re-election next month, side of President Donald Trump’s the vote, all three senators indi- said shortly afterward that while nominee. cated they plan to support Ka- he had reservations, he “found The announcement of support vanaugh’s confirmation in a final Judge Kavanaugh to be a qualified by Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. vote Saturday. jurist who will follow the Consti- Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Sen. Joe In a speech on the Senate floor, tution and determine cases based MELINA MARA/THE WASHINGTON POST Manchin, D-W.Va., capped a bitter Collins said Kavanaugh had “re- Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was the only Republican senator who did not partisan fight in which Ka- ceived rave reviews” for his 12 Turn to Senate, Page 6 support Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination during a procedural vote Friday. Chicago Weather Center: Complete $2.50 city and suburbs, $3.00 elsewhere High Low Tom Skilling’s forecast 75 60 forecast on back of Chicago Sports 171st year No. 279 © Chicago Tribune 2 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Saturday, October 6, 2018 ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Demonstrators push through police lines Friday at Michigan and Monroe after Officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm and not guilty of official misconduct. Demonstrators express cheer, relief after Van Dyke conviction RELIVE THE RAMBLERS’ RUN Reaction, from Page 1 the weekend in anticipation tory and onlookers showed dict would have. What a story. What a ride. From largely unknown to of demonstrations and pro- their support. Drivers “Nothing can bring his nearly unbeatable, the Loyola Ramblers captured the outside the courthouse be- tests. stopped in traffic beat their life back,” Amaru said of nation's imagination. Coach Porter Moser. Chaplain gan to march. “Justice for “It was kind of a mass horns in approval. Restau- McDonald. “(Van Dyke) Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt. Buzzer beaters. And players Laquan! Justice for exodus,” said Natashia rant workers flashed smiles should go to jail for the rest who competed with prowess and poise. “Ramble On” — a Laquan!” they chanted. Bryson, a contractor for as they gathered by win- of his life. But it could be commemorative hard cover book featuring Chicago “It feels like a victory for Kraft Heinz, who was dows to watch. 500 years. It’s not enough.” Tribune columns, game stories, features and photogra- black Chicago,” activist Je- headed to Metra early after The demonstration In other parts of down- phy — chronicles the Ramblers’ Cinderella run to the didiah Brown said. “This is her manager told her team ended in the early evening town, the trial results pro- NCAA men’s basketball tournament Final Four, a ride the best moment as a Chi- they could work from on the Magnificent Mile, duced barely a ripple. Many that thrilled Chicago. ”Ramble On” is available at chi- cagoan that I’ve ever ex- home. She said there was a the location of protests that around Curtis Bach, a clerk cagotribune.com/rambleon for $24.95. perienced in my life. This is flurry of laptops clicking occurred in 2015 in the at the Loop station post my best experience as a shut and bags flying over wake of the release of video office, had their eyes fixed black man, as a Chicagoan, shoulders once the team of the shooting. on their phone screens, as an Illinoisan and as a man was allowed to leave. The activity downtown watching and listening to in the United States of But with the announce- was a far cry from 41st streams from the court- America. We never get jus- ments of the guilty verdicts, Street and Pulaski Road, room. The 80-year-old, WINNING LOTTERY NUMBERS tice. Today we got justice. ... the situation both down- where Van Dyke shot however, had only a late Today, it looks like a new town and throughout the McDonald nearly four years lunch on his mind. ILLINOIS INDIANA day in America.” city remained relatively ago. There, the scene was “I kinda thought it would Oct. 5 Oct. 5 Mega Millions ......................................... 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