The racy untold story of Eddie Johnson
Posted By leslie - December 6, 2019
Multiple sources reveal narrative of fired police superintendent
By Erick Johnson
Before he was captured on video dining with a woman at Ceres Cafe, fired Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson visited a Black-owned bar in the South Loop where he drank with a handful of officers, according to multiple sources who spoke to the Crusader.
The sources said that was the beginning of a night that started with a lot of booze.
The revelation adds to the changing narrative of a story that led to Johnson’s termination as police superintendent on December 2. That day, Mayor Lori Lightfoot—citing an inspector general report and videotape—fired Johnson for “intolerable actions.” She accused him of lying to her and the public when he gave shifting explanations after he was found slumped over in his vehicle on October 17 near his home in Bridgeport.
Johnson first blamed the incident on his blood pressure medication before telling the mayor he had a few drinks that evening at a restaurant, which later turned out to be Ceres Café.
Multiple sources who spoke to the Crusader said before Johnson went to Ceres Café, he visited Bar 22, a Black-owned establishment near 23rd and Michigan. There, sources said from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Johnson had several drinks with at least 10 plainclothes Chicago police officers.
The Crusader called Bar 22 to confirm whether Johnson was there that evening. A man answered the phone and simply said, “No comment” before hanging up the phone.
Those same sources said Officer Cynthia Donald was the woman who was seen having several drinks with Johnson for hours at Ceres Café in the Chicago Board of Trade building.
Sources say Donald was part of Johnson’s security detail, but was removed in the wake of Johnson’s termination as police superintendent. Sources also said that the two were constantly kissing and were captured on the restaurant’s video system.
After police responded to a 911 call at the intersection of Aberdeen and West 34th Street, sources also told the Crusader that Donald performed oral sex on Johnson as he sat with his head laid back giving the appearance that he was asleep in the car. When the officers approached the plain, black police SUV, Johnson flashed his badge before he drove away. Last year, Officer Donald filed for divorce.
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