Chicago police chief to skip Trump’s first visit as president
The move is the latest in a long contentious relationship between the president and the city, a Democratic stronghold.
His spokesman said Johnson will be hosting and attending several other events at the conference [File: Teresa Crawford/AP]
President Donald Trump's appearance next week at a police chiefs conference will be his first visit as president to Chicago, a city he has ridiculed for years. The city's top cop plans to skip the speech, even though he is hosting the event.
Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson's apparent snub of Trump's speech on Monday at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference is the latest chapter in a long and contentious relationship between the Republican president and the nation's third-largest city, a Democ...