Tiffany Van Dyke, Jason’s Wife: 5 Fast Facts

Tiffany Van Dyke (C), the wife of former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, leaves the Leighton Criminal Courthouse following her husband’s sentencing on January 18, 2019.

Tiffany Van Dyke, the wife of former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke who was convicted of murdering teenager Laquan McDonald, said her husband was beaten in prison after he was unexpectedly transferred to a Connecticut facility.

Jason Van Dyke was found guilty in October of 2018 for second-degree murder and multiple counts of aggravated battery. He was sentenced to nearly seven years behind bars but may be released earlier. Van Dyke was convicted for shooting McDonald, who was black, 16 times on October 20, 2014.

McDonald was walking in the street and had a small knife. Van Dyke said that McDonald had made a threatening move toward police, but the dashcam video released by the city contradicted Van Dyke’s account. The video appeared to show McDonald walking away from officers when he was shot.

After the sentencing, Van Dyke was being detained in Illinois, away from other inmates. But he was moved to a federal prison in Connecticut on February 5. Within hours of the transfer, he was beaten by other inmates.

Here’s what you need to know.

1. Tiffany Van Dyke: ‘This is a Gigantic Race Issue; They Put My Husband in a Setting to Be Harmed Because He Was a White Man Who Harmed a Black Gentleman in the Line of Duty’

Tiffany and Jason Van Dyke have two daughters. They were 12 and 16 at the time of the trial.

Tiffany spoke on the talk show “Windy City Live” the day before Jason’s trial began in September of 2018. She became very emotional and cried as she talked about how her children would be separated from their father. (At the time, he was facing the possibility of several decades in prison).

Tiffany explained that her daughters faced bullying at school. “My oldest..e called me halfway through the day, crying, and I said, ‘what is the matter?’ She said somebody wrote 16 shots on her desk. My 12-year-old, innocent 12-year-old, sat in her classroom and another student called her father a murderer to her face.”

In that interview, Tiffany expressed concern about her husband’s safety in prison. She calmly stated, “They’ll kill him. Somebody will kill him. I will lose my husband. Either way, I lose my husband.”

5. Tiffany Gave Emotional Testimony at the Sentencing Hearing & Expressed Concern That Jason Would be Attacked in Prison

Tiffany Van Dyke gave an emotional plea at Jason’s sentencing hearing in January of 2019. She tearfully told the court, “My biggest fear is that somebody will kill my husband. For something he did as a police officer. Something he was trained to do. There was no malice. No hatred on that night. It was simply a man doing his job. My other fear is that I’ll never see him again. My children will never see him again.”

Tiffany’s daughters also wrote letters pleading the judge to show leniency. Prosecutors had asked for a 96-year prison sentence. He faced 6 years for each of the 16 counts of aggravated battery, in addition to the second-degree murder charge.

Ultimately, the judge decided to sentence Jason Van Dyke for the murder charge and not the aggravated battery, which was how the sentence ended up at less than seven years. Prosecutors are appealing, arguing that he should have received a longer sentence.

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