'The family was in agreement not to pursue a second prosecution,' U.S. Attorney Jon Lausch's office said in a statement.
Federal prosecutors on Monday announced they will not be filing any charges against former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke in the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald.
Van Dyke's release after less than four years in prison was a disappointment for some activists and members of McDonald's family, who have called for more charges against him. The Rev. Jesse Jackson is one of the people, along with Bishop Tavis Grant and other members of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, who had been calling for federal civil rights charges to be brought against Van Dyke.
The U.S. Attorney's office first opened an investigation in McDonald's death in April 2015, six months after McDonald was shot and killed, and the investigation has remained active and ongoing ever since Federal prosecutors also said, even if they managed to convict Van Dyke, a federal judge would have to factor in his previous 81-month prison sentence in the state case when sentencing Van Dyke, along with"the fact that Mr. Van Dyke served his state prison sentence with conduct entitling him under state law to be released early; and the fact that Mr. Van Dyke no longer is and never again will be a police officer.
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