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Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke holds hands with his wife Tiffany Van Dyke as he walks out of the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018 in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

The Latest: Expert explains PCP effect on Laquan McDonald

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Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke listens during his trial for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. Lawyers for the white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the shooting of McDonald, a black teenager, opened their defense case Monday with a witness questioning the thoroughness and accuracy of the autopsy. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

The Latest: Animation shown at Chicago officer’s trial

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Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke listens during the fourth day of his first degree murder trial for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

The Latest: Defense questioning autopsy on Chicago teenager

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Tina Hunter, center, wipes her eyes as she watches from the gallery during Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke's trial for the shooting death of her son Laquan McDonald, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.(Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

Race central to Chicago case, even if jury doesn’t hear it

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Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, right, stands with attorneys during the third day of his murder trial for the 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

The Latest: Prosecutors rest in Chicago officer’s trial

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In this Tuesday Sept. 18, 2018 photo, Chicago Police Detective Roberto Garcia holds officer Jason Van Dyke's 9mm semiautomatic Smith and Wesson at the trial for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. Garcia was asked to confirm it was the gun Van Dyke turned in hours after the shooting that Van Dyke used to kill McDonald. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

The Latest: Jury views photos of Laquan McDonald’s wounds

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Jason Van Dyke, left, arrives for the start of his trail in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)

The Latest: Cop describes smoke coming off McDonald’s body

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FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2014 file image taken from dash-cam video provided by the Chicago Police Department, Laquan McDonald, right, walks down the street moments before being fatally shot by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke in Chicago. Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan has the task of presiding over Van Dyke's murder trial, one of the city's biggest trials in decades. For Gaughan, 77, the trial caps a career and a life that have included chapters as an engineering student, war hero, young man who had his own brush with the law, attorney and judge. (Chicago Police Department via AP, File)

A timeline of the Chicago police shooting of Laquan McDonald

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 file photo, Lamon Reccord, right, stares and yells, &quot;Shoot me 16 times,&quot; at a Chicago police officer as he and others march through Chicago's Loop, one day after murder charges were brought against police officer Jason Van Dyke in the killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Murder trial of Chicago cop puts troubled force in spotlight

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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014, listens during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. Defense attorneys are expected to announce if they want a jury or a judge to hear the murder trial of Van Dyke. Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan told Van Dyke's lawyers to return to court on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, to say if they want him or a jury to decide the case. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

The Latest: Chicago cop picks jury trial in teen’s shooting

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Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel flanked by Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson and Attorney General Lisa Madigan, announce that they have filed a proposed consent decree in federal court to reform the Chicago Police Department, during a news conference, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2918 in Chicago. The 226-page document was submitted Thursday to a Chicago federal judge. (Antonio Perez /Chicago Tribune via AP)

The Latest: Chicago police union criticizes reform plan

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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014, listens during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. Jury selection is expected to resume for the trial of Van Dyke after the effort was called off Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, due to a scheduling conflict for the trial's presiding Judge Vincent Gaughan. Van Dyke has pleaded not guilty. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

The Latest: Opening statements to begin in officer’s trial

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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014, listens during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. Jury selection is expected to resume for the trial of Van Dyke after the effort was called off Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, due to a scheduling conflict for the trial's presiding Judge Vincent Gaughan. Van Dyke has pleaded not guilty. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Race becomes issue in choosing jury in white officer’s trial

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, charged with murder in the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014, listens during the hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, where a judge ruled that his media interviews last week to a newspaper and to a television station violated a court order not to talk about the case but rejected prosecutors' motion to lock him up in jail in favor of a tiny bond increase that Van Dyke was able to post immediately. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

The Latest: 5 jurors picked in Chicago officer’s trial

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Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke walks into the courthouse, Wednesday morning, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chicago. Prospective jurors in the murder trial of Dyke who killed black teenager Laquan McDonald are to be given questionnaires as the first phase of jury selection starts Wednesday. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

The Latest: Chicago officer avoids jail for media interviews

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Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke walks into the courthouse, Wednesday morning, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chicago. Prospective jurors in the murder trial of Dyke who killed black teenager Laquan McDonald are to be given questionnaires as the first phase of jury selection starts Wednesday. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

The Latest: Jury selection begins in Chicago officer’s case

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Chicago Police deploys extra 1,400 officers over holiday

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Whether Chicago police should note gun points goes to judge

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Chicago, railroad police criticized for using bait trucks

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