At a little before 7 o'clock Thursday night, attorneys finished giving their closing arguments in the conspiracy trial of three Chicago police officers. They're accused of covering up for Jason Van Dyke and

Laquon McDonald's killing.

Laquonne McDonald was a human being. He deserved due process and the law and not to have police officers write false reports and shape a false narrative to justify his killing.

Filing a false police report in order to protect the fellow officer from prosecution is not honorable.

It's not sticking up for a colleague.

It's a violation of the public trust. It's a violation of

their oath of office. It's a violation of the law.

This case isn't about violating public trust, it's about

McDonnell violating the laws, it's about law and order.

Take God we're in the courtroom.

Thank God we are in a courtroom. Finally.

This is not a court of public opinion.

Evidence matters here. Here.

From W.B. E. Z. Chicago and the Chicago Tribune,

this is 16 shots, the police shooting of Lacquonald.

I'm Jen White.

Before closing arguments, defense attorneys presented their case.

They put on just one witness and entered 57 documents into evidence, mostly police records.

That followed four days of testimony by seven prosecution witnesses.

Officer Thomas Gaffney, former Officer Joseph Walsh, and former Detective David March are charged

with obstruction of justice, official misconduct, and conspiracy to commit those offenses.

We're going to dive into the closing arguments in a minute, but first we wanted to take a look

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