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Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired Chief Superintendent Eddie Johnson on Monday at a furious press conference <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Johnson stood in front of reporters in February to accuse Smollett of staging the attack to get a raise on Empire. <\/p>\n
It was an extraordinary step for a police chief, but he said he was furious at the way Smollett had allegedly manipulated his force. <\/p>\n
Smollett insists he is innocent and that Johnson waged a campaign of unfair treatment against him. <\/p>\n
Lightfoot was not in power at the time, but her predecessor Rahm Emanuel agreed with Johnson in his condemnation of Smollett.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Lightfoot said of the recent, car incident: ‘It has become clear that Mr. Johnson engaged in a series of ethical lapses that are intolerable. <\/p>\n
‘Mr. Johnson was intentionally dishonest with me and communicated a narrative replete with false statements regarding material aspects of the incident that happened in the early morning hours of October 17. <\/p>\n
‘Had I known all the facts at the time, I would have relieved him of his duties as superintendent then and there,’ she said. <\/p>\n
Lightfoot, who took over from Mayor Rahm Emanuel – a solid ally of Johnson’s – added: ‘The old Chicago way must give way to the new reality. <\/p>\n
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Johnson married his 43-year-old wife, junior officer Lt. Nakia Kenner (shown right), in 2017. The pair are pictured with former mayor Rahm Emanuel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
‘There must be no mistake about the message I am sending today.’ <\/p>\n
Johnson was only weeks away from retiring. <\/p>\n
He was found asleep near a stop sign in his car, not far from his home, on the night of the incident. <\/p>\n
The police officer who responded did not test to see if he was sober, and he drove home after being woken up. <\/p>\n
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Johnson is named personally in a lawsuit filed by Empire actor Jussie Smollett last month <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Afterwards, he told reporters that he normally would have had his driver with him but that he’d given him the night off after a long day of work. <\/p>\n
He said he felt he had to pull over because he was tired and that he was meant to have taken medication but hadn’t. <\/p>\n
‘How can I explain it? It\u2019s just your body kind of gives you a warning with the high blood pressure thing that you may pass out, so I pulled over, stopped and I just rested myself until that feeling passed,’ he said. <\/p>\n
Now, Lightfoot says that is a lie.<\/p>\n
She however refused to get into the details of the Inspector General’s report on the subject, saying: ‘I will not comment today on specific details. <\/p>\n
‘At some point, the report may become public. I do not feel that it’s appropriate for his wife or children to do so at this time.’ <\/p>\n
Johnson was sworn in as the chief of police in 2012. He is yet to comment on the decision. <\/p>\n
He and his wife tied the knot after he recovered from a kidney transplant from his son, Daniel. Daniel is one of his three children. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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