Chicago cop gets 6 years in corruption crackdown

The Chicago Tribune reports:

A former Chicago police officer who shook down drug dealers as part of a corrupt crew of rogue cops was given a reduced sentence today of six years in prison after cooperating in a federal investigation.

Erik Johnson, who testified against former partner Eural Black at his trial in May, could have received more than 11 years in prison.

U.S. District Judge Ronald Guzman said he couldn't begin to describe the amount of harm the rogue officers caused, saying the scheme "quite literally turned day into night and right into wrong, and turned our system upside down."

Guzman told Johnson that citizens of some of Chicago's most depressed neighborhoods rely on the Chicago Police Department for "safety, comfort and order."

"And you and your friends turned it into a criminal enterprise," the judge said.

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