In Chicago, former police officer Jason Van Dyke was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison for the 2014 murder of African-American teenager Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke fired 16 bullets into McDonald, even as dash cam video showed the teenager posed no threat. The day before Van Dyke’s sentencing, a judge acquitted three officers accused of covering up the murder. A protest is planned in Chicago today over the acquittals.