Eddie Johnson is the top cop, who called the press conference announcing Jussie Smollett's charges and accusing him of lying about the events surrounding his attack. Now the Mayor, Lori Lightfoot has fired Johnson just two weeks before his announced retirement for being caught lying.
Barely a month removed from singing his praises, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has fired Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson for being the same thing he accused embattled actor Jussie Smollett of being: a lying-ass liar.
On Oct. 17, Johnson was found slumped over in his police SUV at approximately 12:30 a.m.
The circumstances were rather peculiar, as it’s not every day that we hear about police superintendents being found drunk in their own vehicles. However, after noting that Johnson didn’t display any visual signs of impairment, police allowed him to drive home without making him perform a field sobriety test.
But clearly something in the water wasn’t clean—or maybe it just tasted like bourbon—so Lightfoot got some things off her chest during her impromptu press conference.
“Had I known these facts at the time, I would have relieved him of his duties as superintendent then and there. I certainly would not have participated in a celebratory press conference to announce his retirement. Mr. Johnson failed the hard-working members of the Chicago Police Department. He intentionally misled the people of Chicago and he intentionally misled me. None of that is acceptable.”
“The findings [...] make it clear that Eddie Johnson engaged in conduct that is not only unbecoming, but demonstrated a series of ethical lapses and flawed decision making that is inconsistent with having the privilege of leading the Chicago Police Department,” the mayor said during a City Hall news conference on Monday
After 31 years on the force, Johnson was set to retire in January. But considering the police department he oversaw is in dire need of a culture change, the city of Chicago might consider this an early Christmas present.
Juicy somewhere getting a pedicure reading this on his twitter feed like "Payback is a bytch!"
