In the Chicago Police Department’s Eddie Johnson soap opera — you might call it “Days of Our Lives with Guns” — you probably have some questions.
Who made the 911 call telling police that a car was stopped on the street, motor running, with (now fired) police chief Eddie Johnson passed out after a night of drinking with a woman not his wife?
Was it one of those hell hath no fury phone calls? Or was it merely some concerned Josephine Citizen worried about a man asleep at the wheel?
Earlier that night, Johnson and the woman were reportedly at the Ceres Cafe, in the Board of Trade building, a bar known for a generous pour. And Johnson has only one kidney.
So, for him to drink there with her, for hours — most of it captured on video that enraged Mayor Lori Lightfoot — seems rather Homeric.
And what happens now to the other cops, the responding officers, the watch commander and the commander, and their supervisors, since Johnson was allowed to just drive home without being administered a breathalyzer test?
All should become clear in the report of Inspector General Joe Ferguson.
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See Also:
(1) Eddie Johnson Officially Retires, But His Firing Was Technically A Demotion, Attorney Says
