Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, who is the midst of a nearly seven-year prison sentence for the murder of a black teen, was assaulted by fellow inmates soon after being transferred to a prison in Connecticut earlier this month, the ex-cop’s attorney tells USA TODAY. Van Dyke, who was convicted in October for second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm for the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald, was beaten soon after being transferred to a new prison, says Jennifer Blagg, a defense attorney assisting Van Dyke on his appeal. The ex-cop was sentenced last month to an 81-month sentence for the state charges. Federal records show he is being held at a federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut. In this Dec. 14, 2018, file photo, former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, left, appears for a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, in Chicago. Blagg declined to detail his injuries. A source close to the Van Dyke family who w...
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