Chicago City Council is set to vote on a $ 2.9 million settlement for Anjanette Young, a black woman who sued the city and several police officers over an erroneous raid on her 2019 apartment.
Young, a social worker, was handcuffed while naked during the meeting. She sobbed and told officers they were in the wrong home, but she remained in handcuffs, according to a report from the civilian police station.
The city council’s finance committee unanimously approved the settlement for Young on Monday, according to the Chicago Tribune. It will move on to the overall Council’s agenda for a vote on Wednesday.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she was “comfortable” with the settlement, the newspaper reported.
“I think it’s a good thing that this case has been resolved,” she said at an unrelated press conference on Monday.
The mayor’s office and a lawyer for Young could not be reached immediately on Tuesday.
Young’s first-floor apartment was raided in February 2019, after Officer Alain Aporongao obtained a search warrant using information from an anonymous source. The source told Aporongao that an acquaintance had waved an illegal weapon in a home, the report said.
The target of the search warrant had previously been arrested and had a home address erected in an apartment building across the street and slightly south of Young, according to the report.
It said the officer had information indicating the target’s address, but “disregarded all that information and instead relied solely on J. Does’s statements.”
Neither Young nor her home was linked to the target or any other criminal activity, police said.
Body camera footage showed officers placing Young while she was naked. When she asked to see their ruling, she was ignored and was instead asked about the case. She told police she did not know the target, according to the report.
During the raid, Officer Young covered herself in a blanket before a female officer eventually escorted her to a bedroom so she could get dressed.
The police responsibility office said officers realized about a minute after entering the apartment that the target was not present and was not linked to Young’s address – but she remained in handcuffs for about 17 minutes.
The report said many of the officers involved “violated applicable laws and policies” and recommended various disciplinary actions.
Police Inspector David Brown later called for Sgt. Alex Wolinski is to be fired, saying in documents released by the city that the sergeant approved the ruling without complying with the department’s “Knock and Announce” rule, failed to intervene in the “disrespectful treatment” of Young and did not immediately present Young with a copy of the search warrant.
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