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.
Johnson “engaged in a series of actions that are intolerable for any leader or position of trust, particularly the head of the
Chicago Police Department,” the mayor said.
Lightfoot said the police chief of the nation’s third-largest city repeatedly lied about the events that unfolded the night of Oct. 16 and morning of Oct. 17.