Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle penned a letter to Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasting Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson.
"I made it quite clear that we do not agree with the false narrative promulgated by the superintendent of police that the challenge that we face is a result of our criminal justice reform work," Preckwinkle said. "It’s not as he suggested the result of judges allowing people who need to be in jail to be out on the streets."
Preckwinkle accused Johnson of finger-pointing to deflect from the Chicago Police Department’s dismal rate of solving murders. "The problem we have is there’s a clearance rate for murders in Chicago that’s one of the lowest in the country," Preckwinkle said.
"The superintendent needs to figure out how to improve his closure rate for murders and for shootings if we’re gonna address the violence in our neighborhoods. I said during the campaign that he should be relieved of his responsibilities and that’s still my position."