Chicago: Officer in fatal shooting of Michael Craig faced firing after 2016 incident

Officer in fatal shooting of Michael Craig faced firing after 2016 incident

The Chicago police officer who fatally shot a 61-year-old man inside his Gresham apartment last month had faced termination after a 2016 arrest on assault charges stemming from a drunken off-duty encounter with police. Former Police Supt. Eddie Johnson had moved to fire the officer, but he was reinstated by unanimous vote of the Police Board, which noted the officer had immediately entered treatment for alcohol abuse and had been cleared for duty by a psychologist. But at a news conference outside City Hall Friday, lawyers for the family of Michael Craig questioned whether the officer was fit for duty ...

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