CHICAGO — The Latest on conspiracy trial of three relating to 2014 fatal shooting of Chicago teen Laquan McDonald (all times local):6:30 p.m.A Chicago police officer says comments attributed to her in a department report about the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald were lies. Officer Dora Fontaine testified Wednesday in the trial of Thomas Gaffney, David March and Joseph Walsh. Prosecutors allege the three concocted a version of the shooting to protect Officer Jason Van Dyke, who was convicted of second-degree murder earlier this year. When asked about a claim McDonald raised his arm “as if attacking” Van Dyke, she denied she made such a claim. Snelling’s testimony contradicts the officers, who reported that the 17-year-old lunged at Van Dyke.

Source: National Post November 29, 2018 00:33 UTC