CHICAGO — Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald, was taken into custody by sheriff’s deputies on Thursday after a judge found that he violated his bond conditions by discussing the case with journalists.

Judge Vincent Gaughan’s decision to increase Officer Van Dyke’s $1.5 million bond by $2,000 was never likely to lead to a lengthy period in jail for the accused officer; he posted bond and was released early Thursday afternoon. But the ruling, a day after the start of jury selection, served as a largely symbolic rebuke of the defense team’s pretrial public relations effort in a case that has captured the attention of this city and been the subject of protests for years.

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Officer Van Dyke, who had been free on bond since shortly after he was charged in 2015, angered prosecutors by speaking to reporters from The Chicago Tribune and a local Fox television station despite a court order restricting pretrial publicity.

“He’s trying to testify in the press without being cross-examined,” a prosecutor, Joseph Cullen, said. He called the interviews, which took place last month, “a defiant affront to the authority of this court.”