By Frank Kineavy
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday formally appointed Eddie Johnson, a Black, 27-year veteran of the force, to be the city’s interim police superintendent.
Johnson’s appointment follows a tumultuous few months that saw the firing of former police superintendent Garry McCarthy in December amid growing calls for his ouster after a video showed the brutal killing of a Black teen by one of his officers — a video that was not released until a year after the incident and which police had said occurred differently.
