Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired Police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Monday, saying her decision was based on his “ethical lapses'
CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired the city’s retiring police superintendent Monday, citing “ethical lapses” that included telling lies about a recent incident in which Eddie Johnson was found asleep at the wheel of his car after having drinks.
“What he portrayed to me, what he portrayed to the public was fundamentally different than what the facts show and that the underlying conduct itself was one that warranted this significant and serious action of relieving him of his role,” she said. A Chicago police spokesman did not immediately return messages seeking comment from Johnson, who in more than 30 years with the department held almost every rank on the force.
He appeared with Lightfoot at an emotional news conference commemorating his long career, an appearance which Lightfoot said Monday she now regretted. Eschewing the recommendations of his police board that conducted a national search, Emanuel settled on Johnson, the interim superintendent who had not even applied for the job. An African American who spent his early childhood living in one of the city's most notorious public housing projects, the soft-spoken Johnson was a popular choice with the rank-and-file who felt they could trust him far more than McCarthy, a brash outsider who spent most of his career in New York.
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