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Johnson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Eddiejohnson_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Eddiejohnson_%281%29.jpg/220px-Eddiejohnson_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Eddiejohnson_%281%29.jpg/330px-Eddiejohnson_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Eddiejohnson_%281%29.jpg/440px-Eddiejohnson_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2035" data-file-height="2712" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Johnson in 2016</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">62nd <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_of_the_Chicago_Police_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department">Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 28, 2016 – December 2, 2019<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Interim from March 28 – April 13, 2016)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Rahm Emanuel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">John Escalante (interim)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Department</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">Chicago Police Department</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service years</th><td class="infobox-data">1988–2019</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Terminated for cause</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data category"><span class="nowrap">Superintendent <span style="font-size:85%;">(2016–2019)</span><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O10_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/75px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/113px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/150px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2514" data-file-height="583" /></a></span><br />Chief of the Patrol Bureau <span style="font-size:85%;">(2012–16)</span><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O8_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/35px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/53px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/70px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1252" data-file-height="583" /></a></span><br />Commander, 6th District <span style="font-size:85%;">(2008-12)</span><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O5_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US-O5_insignia.svg/15px-US-O5_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US-O5_insignia.svg/23px-US-O5_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US-O5_insignia.svg/30px-US-O5_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="524" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Eddie T. Johnson</b> (born July 28, 1960) is an American retired police officer for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">Chicago Police Department</a>. He served as the 62nd <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_of_the_Chicago_Police_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department">Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department</a> from March 2016 until December 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_T._Johnson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnson was born on the <a href="/wiki/Near_North,_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Near North, Chicago">Near North Side</a> of <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Cabrini%E2%80%93Green_Homes" title="Cabrini–Green Homes">Cabrini–Green Homes</a> <a href="/wiki/Public_housing" title="Public housing">public housing</a> complex. Johnson recalls his mother telling his father about the new neighborhood as a "Quiet place, compared to the old neighborhood" and that Johnson recalled, "Gunshots all night long" while living in <a href="/wiki/Cabrini%E2%80%93Green_Homes" title="Cabrini–Green Homes">Cabrini–Green</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-suntimesjohnsoninterview_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suntimesjohnsoninterview-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At age 10, his family relocated to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Heights,_Chicago" title="Washington Heights, Chicago">Washington Heights</a> neighborhood. He later attended <a href="/wiki/Corliss_High_School" title="Corliss High School">Corliss High School</a>, graduating in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_T._Johnson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Patrolman">Patrolman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_T._Johnson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Patrolman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnson began his career in the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">Chicago Police Department</a> in 1988 as a <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency" title="Law enforcement agency">patrol officer</a>. He was appointed <a href="/wiki/Commander" title="Commander">Commander</a> of the 6th <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">CPD District</a> in 2008, and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">CPD Chief of Patrol</a> in 2012. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interim_Superintendent">Interim Superintendent</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_T._Johnson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Interim Superintendent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chicago Mayor <a href="/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Rahm Emanuel</a> endured controversy when appointing Johnson as his interim superintendent in 2016 considering Johnson was not one of the three finalists selected by the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Police Board">Chicago Police Board</a>. Johnson did not apply for the job out of respect for Deputy Interim Superintendent John Escalante.<sup id="cite_ref-suntimesjohnsoninterview_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suntimesjohnsoninterview-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emanuel named Johnson as the Interim Police Chief on March 28, 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-suntimesjohnsoninterview_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suntimesjohnsoninterview-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Superintendent">Superintendent</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_T._Johnson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Superintendent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 13, 2016, a day after the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_City_Council" title="Chicago City Council">Chicago City Council</a> Public Safety Committee bypassed the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Police Board">Chicago Police Board</a> with a fast-track vote,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson was officially sworn in as Chicago Police Superintendent after his nomination was approved unanimously by the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_City_Council" title="Chicago City Council">Chicago City Council</a><sup id="cite_ref-wgnhpapva_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wgnhpapva-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a 50–0 vote.<sup id="cite_ref-wgnhpapva_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wgnhpapva-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-suntimesjohnsoninterview_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suntimesjohnsoninterview-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dismissal">Dismissal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_T._Johnson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Dismissal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lori_Lightfoot_-_Chicago_Pride_Parade_2019_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Lori_Lightfoot_-_Chicago_Pride_Parade_2019_%281%29.jpg/220px-Lori_Lightfoot_-_Chicago_Pride_Parade_2019_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Lori_Lightfoot_-_Chicago_Pride_Parade_2019_%281%29.jpg/330px-Lori_Lightfoot_-_Chicago_Pride_Parade_2019_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Lori_Lightfoot_-_Chicago_Pride_Parade_2019_%281%29.jpg/440px-Lori_Lightfoot_-_Chicago_Pride_Parade_2019_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3455" data-file-height="2559" /></a><figcaption>Johnson (right) accompanies Mayor <a href="/wiki/Lori_Lightfoot" title="Lori Lightfoot">Lori Lightfoot</a> and others marching in the June 30, 2019 <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Pride_Parade" title="Chicago Pride Parade">Chicago Pride Parade</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On December 2, 2019, Chicago Mayor <a href="/wiki/Lori_Lightfoot" title="Lori Lightfoot">Lori Lightfoot</a> terminated Johnson's employment with the City of Chicago for what she termed a "series of ethical lapses".<sup id="cite_ref-nbcjohnsondismissed_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbcjohnsondismissed-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact">Impact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_T._Johnson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnson led a department of over 13,400 officers, the second-largest police department in the United States, who defended <a href="/wiki/Use_of_force" title="Use of force">use of force</a> training, more community policing and a court monitor to oversee department-wide reforms which included the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">DOJ</a><sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/The_Chicago_Police_Accountability_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="The Chicago Police Accountability Task Force">Chicago Police Accountability Task Force (CPATF)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McDonald_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McDonald-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CPATF was initiated by then <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Chicago" title="Mayor of Chicago">Mayor of Chicago</a> <a href="/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Rahm Emanuel</a> to investigate the <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Laquan_McDonald" title="Murder of Laquan McDonald">murder of Laquan McDonald</a> and was once headed by the present Mayor <a href="/wiki/Lori_Lightfoot" title="Lori Lightfoot">Lori Lightfoot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johnson was appointed superintendent in 2016 by Emanuel to restore the public's trust after Emanuel delayed releasing <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Laquan_McDonald#Dash-cam_video" title="Murder of Laquan McDonald">the video</a> of Jason Van Dyke's fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald for over a year. Johnson said that the <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Laquan_McDonald" title="Murder of Laquan McDonald">Laquan McDonald incident</a> changed Chicago's trust in the police department and that officer morale fell as a result of the lack of trust.<sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chicago's homicide rate stood at a 20-year high of 792 in 2016 when Johnson was appointed superintendent, and fell to 561 by the end of 2018. Johnson credited the use of <a href="/wiki/Data_analysis" title="Data analysis">data analytics</a> to decrease homicides and shootings, and approved of the DOJ's investigation into CPD shootings that found widespread excessive use of force and <a href="/wiki/Racial_discrimination" title="Racial discrimination">racial discrimination</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">CPD</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It led to a <a href="/wiki/Consent_decree" title="Consent decree">consent decree</a>, a federally-enforced agreement that oversees CPD reforms.<sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of the consent decree, Johnson validated the CPD's community policing efforts, making substantial improvements in officer training, which eventually led to a decrease in officer-related shootings.<sup id="cite_ref-tribconsentjohnsonretires_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribconsentjohnsonretires-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_T._Johnson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Dismissal_of_Robert_Rialmo" title="Dismissal of Robert Rialmo">Dismissal of Robert Rialmo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jussie_Smollett_hate_crime_hoax" title="Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax">Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_the_United_States" title="Illegal immigration to the United States">Illegal immigration to the United States</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Chicago" title="Crime in Chicago">Crime in Chicago</a></div> <p>Johnson's early support and ultimate reversal in the firing of <a href="/wiki/Dismissal_of_Robert_Rialmo" title="Dismissal of Robert Rialmo">Officer Robert Rialmo</a> over the 2015 Christmas shooting of Quintonio LeGrier and accidental death of Bettie Jones continued to shadow his term in office as superintendent.<sup id="cite_ref-suntimesrialmofacesboard_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suntimesrialmofacesboard-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another controversy linked to Johnson was the high-profile case against actor <a href="/wiki/Jussie_Smollett" title="Jussie Smollett">Jussie Smollett</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Tyler_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tyler-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was accused of staging a fake <a href="/wiki/Hate_crime" title="Hate crime">hate crime</a> on Chicago's <a href="/wiki/Community_areas_in_Chicago" title="Community areas in Chicago">North Side</a>. Smollett was charged with a crime for the plan and execution of a <a href="/wiki/Racial_hoax" title="Racial hoax">hoax</a> and abusing <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">CPD's</a> <a href="/wiki/Human_resources" title="Human resources">resources and manpower</a>. However, the charges were subsequently dropped by State's Attorney <a href="/wiki/Kim_Foxx" title="Kim Foxx">Kim Foxx</a>, enraging Johnson as well as Mayor <a href="/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Emanuel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tyler_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tyler-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Madhani_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Madhani-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Embroilment_with_Donald_Trump">Embroilment with Donald Trump</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_T._Johnson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Embroilment with Donald Trump"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnson defied collaborating with the <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">U.S. Federal government's</a> efforts to round-up illegal immigrants as a <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_city" title="Sanctuary city">sanctuary city</a>, embroiling Johnson with newly elected President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trump in turn traded words with Johnson, who criticised Chicago officials over their mishandling of the city's high crime rate. In October 2019, Johnson refused to attend a speech by Trump at the <a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Chiefs_of_Police" title="International Association of Chiefs of Police">International Association of Chiefs of Police</a> that took place in Chicago, a move supported by Mayor <a href="/wiki/Lori_Lightfoot" title="Lori Lightfoot">Lori Lightfoot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trump called Johnson's absence a "disgrace."<sup id="cite_ref-foxtrump_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foxtrump-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson called Trump's words frivolous and stated that he "would not attend the conference while racial insults and hatred are cast from the Oval Office."<sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_14-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mayor Lori Lightfoot said, "Superintendent Johnson showed President Trump what true leadership and character look like."<sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_14-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retirement_from_the_Chicago_Police_Department">Retirement from the Chicago Police Department</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_T._Johnson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Retirement from the Chicago Police Department"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 7, 2019, Johnson announced his intention to retire from the Chicago Police Department (CPD).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson's retirement announcement, effective at the end of 2019, followed an incident where police officers had found Johnson asleep in his city-owned vehicle on October 17, 2019. Johnson later told Mayor Lightfoot that he had consumed alcohol earlier that evening, requesting an <a href="/wiki/Internal_affairs_(law_enforcement)" title="Internal affairs (law enforcement)">internal investigation</a> into the incident, to which Johnson expressed that he was "not concerned" about the outcome.<sup id="cite_ref-nbcjohnsonsleep_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbcjohnsonsleep-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cbsjohnsonincident_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbsjohnsonincident-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 8, 2019, Mayor Lightfoot appointed retired Los Angeles police chief <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Beck" title="Charlie Beck">Charlie Beck</a> as the city's interim superintendent.<sup id="cite_ref-tribjohnsonretires_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribjohnsonretires-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 2, 2019, Mayor Lightfoot terminated Johnson's superintendent contract for cause, effective immediately, indicating that he had misrepresented the reason why he was sleeping in his vehicle;<sup id="cite_ref-former_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-former-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nbcjohnsondismissed_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbcjohnsondismissed-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, Johnson remained an employee of the CPD, as the Mayor's action was technically a demotion.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 4, 2019, he chose to accept retirement under his career service position as lieutenant, which completely severed his relationship with the CPD.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lawsuit_over_sexual_assault_and_sexual_harassment">Lawsuit over sexual assault and sexual harassment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_T._Johnson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Lawsuit over sexual assault and sexual harassment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 15, 2020, CPD officer Cynthia Donald sued Johnson for sexual assault and harassment.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge <a href="/wiki/Elaine_Bucklo" class="mw-redirect" title="Elaine Bucklo">Elaine Bucklo</a> dismissed Donald's lawsuit against both Johnson and the city of Chicago without going to trial, writing that “The basic problem with Donald’s claim is that virtually all the evidence of her conduct suggests that she welcomed and was an active participant in her relationship with Johnson."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_T._Johnson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnson currently resides in the near South Side neighborhood of Bridgeport. Johnson is divorced, a father of three children, one of whom is a <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">CPD</a> patrolman. He was remarried to a CPD officer in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson had congenital kidney disease for most of his adult life.<sup id="cite_ref-cbschicagokidney_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbschicagokidney-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wttwjohnsonkidney_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wttwjohnsonkidney-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son, CPD patrolman Daniel Johnson, gave him one of his kidneys in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-cbschicagokidney_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbschicagokidney-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wttwjohnsonkidney_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wttwjohnsonkidney-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Johnsons support Illinois' organ donation program, and were honored by the <a href="/wiki/National_Kidney_Foundation" title="National Kidney Foundation">National Kidney Foundation</a> with an award at its 2019 Gift of Life Gala.<sup id="cite_ref-wttwjohnsonkidney_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wttwjohnsonkidney-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cbschicagokidney_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbschicagokidney-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_T._Johnson&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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