Jason Van Dyke

Apr. 1, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Happy Friday people, your links this morning: Atlanta City Council is set to approve a $2 million payout to settle a lawsuit brought by Will King over former Officer Kylema Jackson unlawful use...

Mar. 21, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Welcome to Monday, here’s what you need to know this morning: It emerged that Chicago Officer Robert Rialmo, who shot dead Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones on New Year’s Eve,...

Feb. 1, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Morning people. Here are your links: Kevin Cooper is set to be the first person to be executed since California’s moratorium on executions ended in November. Cooper was convicted of the brutal murder...

Jan. 18, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, here’s what you need to this morning: Video of the 2013 fatal shooting of unarmed Shaun Mouzon reportedly contradicts Baltimore PD’s account of events. The officers claim that Mouzon failed to follow verbal...

Jan. 11, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Welcome to Monday folks, here’s what’s been happening: Recently released documents allege that Chicago PD threatened witness and falsified their accounts in connection with the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by Officer...

Dec. 18, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Over the course of his career, Officer Jason Van Dyke amassed at least twenty complaints, mostly for excessive force and racial slurs. Not one resulted in discipline. And so when...

Dec. 16, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Morning folks, here’s what we’re watching: Allegations of another cover up by Chicago PD have surfaced in the police shooting death of Emmanuel Lopez in 2005. Officers fired over 40 shots at Lopez after...

Nov. 30, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Welcome back folks, here’s what we’re watching: The trial of Baltimore Officer William Porter in the death of Freddie Gray will start today. Porter is the first of six officers to be...

Nov. 25, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — It was more than a year ago that Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke put 16 bullets into the body of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.  Yet, few outside of a small...

Nov. 25, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, your links this morning: The city of Fullerton, CA, reached a $4.9 million settlement with the father of Kelly Thomas, just moments before his wrongful death suit was set to...