Posted on 03/27/2016 10:59:45 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has decided to install veteran cop Eddie Johnson as the city's interim police superintendent while rejecting the three finalists the Chicago Police Board sent him, according to four sources familiar with the process.
It remained unclear whether Emanuel will seek to hand the top cop job to Johnson permanently, but his move to circumvent the three candidates presented to him from the Police Board's national search for a new police superintendent came among heightened pressure from black and Latino aldermen to make the hire from within the department.
Johnson, a prominent African-American who currently serves as chief of patrol, did not apply for the superintendent job, two sources close to the Emanuel administration said.
Under city code, Emanuel is required to select the city's police superintendent from a slate of candidates presented by the Police Board, which is appointed by the mayor. Emanuel's decision to reject the three candidates, who were chosen by the board among the 39 who applied for the job, resets that process.
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So Commie Rhammie can’t find someone who wants to work for him?
Shocker
I don’t understand why anyone would want the job.
The most corrupt mayor of the most corrupt city in America...proves it...again!
Emanuel's decision to reject the three candidates, who were chosen by the board among the 39 who applied for the job, resets that process.
"Resets that process." Interesting turn of phrase to describe blatant disregard for the law.
From “Second City Cop” (a respected and sensible Chicago cop blog site): “ Rahm is obviously trying to get the cops on his side by picking someone who has a modicum of respect from the rank-and-file and who was actually the police during his career..
The fact the Rahmfather by-passed procedure (he’s supposed to pick someone from a board’s recommendation) and took somebody who the beat cops don’t consider a total loser tells me he knows how much trouble he’s in as regards the out-of-control crime and murder in the city. It also tells me he’s going to have a bunch of black and Latino agitators on his case real soon.
Just following the example of his old boss Obama.
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