Ignoring an emotional plea from social worker Anjanette Young, a City Council committee on Thursday shot down sweeping search warrant reforms aimed at preventing a repeat of the botched raid on the wrong home that forced Young to stand naked before an all-male team of police officers.
Before the final vote, Young pleaded with alderpersons to prevent other Chicago families from experiencing the life-changing humiliation she suffered on Feb. 21, 2019, when officers burst into her home while she was naked and getting ready for bed.
“I was handcuffed, ignored and when I asked questions, I was told to calm down and not to shout at them during which time I was completely naked and exposed to 12 male officers. The officers there, some of them, turned their bodycams off to discuss that they had gotten it wrong.” After 1,375 days, Young said she still struggles with trauma from that night. She has been diagnosed with “major depression” and post traumatic stress disorder.
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