(CNN) Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired retiring Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson Monday, saying Johnson lied about an October incident in which he was found sleeping in his car after supposedly having drinks with dinner. "Mr. Johnson failed the hardworking members of the Chicago Police Department, he intentionally misled the people of Chicago and he intentionally misled me. "I saw things that were inconsistent with what Mr. Johnson had told me personally," she told reporters. The city's top cop told reporters he felt like his blood pressure was rising when he decided to park his car. Despite Lightfoot telling the Chicago Sun-Times that Johnson told her he had had "a couple drinks with dinner," there was no immediate evidence of wrongdoing, a Chicago police statement said at the time.

Source: CNN December 02, 2019 17:13 UTC