Guilty, Guilty, Guilty!

Jason Van Dyke has been convicted of second-degree murder for the shooting of Laquan McDonald in Chicago.

I am pleasantly surprised.

It's been a very long time since a white cop has been convicted for shooting a black kid:

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was convicted Friday of second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, marking a stunning end to a racially tinged case that roiled the city when now-infamous police dashboard camera video of the shooting was released three years ago by court order.

Van Dyke is the first Chicago police officer in half a century to be found guilty of murder for an on-duty shooting. He faces a minimum of six years in prison when he is sentenced by Judge Vincent Gaughan.

The jury deliberated for about 7½ hours before finding Van Dyke guilty of second-degree murder instead of the first-degree charge on which he was indicted.

7½ hours to convict a cop is a very short deliberation.

The veteran officer also was convicted of all 16 counts of aggravated battery for each shot he fired at McDonald. The jury acquitted him, however, of a single count of official misconduct.

This Van Dyke needs to be sentenced as if he were a black teen who shot a white cop.