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CPD top cop Eddie Johnson meets with Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Chicago Police Department superintendent Eddie Johnson and several other police officials from around the country met with Attorney General Jeff Sessions Thursday in Washington, D.C. The group discussed how the U.S. Department of Justice and other parts of the federal government can help combat urban gun violence. CPD said that Johnson planned to ask Sessions for more federal government agents in Chicago, including more FBI agents and more federal prosecutors focusing on illegal gun cases. [NBC Chicago]
