CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — The damage control continued Thursday for Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who backtracked on comments she made earlier this week about a mistaken police raid in 2019 that left a social worker naked and handcuffed in her own home.
Lightfoot on Wednesday denied that the police department in November 2019 blocked Anjanette Young from obtaining video of the incident. On Thursday, the mayor said police in fact refused the woman’s request.
The February 2019 raid at the wrong residence predates Lightfoot’s tenure as mayor. But Lightfoot, who ran as a police-reform advocate, faces criticisms for the way her administration may have tried to tamp down the story.
The story blew up earlier this week after CBS 2 ran police body cam video of the raid with an interview of Young.
“There’s a lot of trust that’s been breached, and I know there’s a lot of trust in me that’s been breached and that I have a responsibility to build back that trust,” Lightfoot said at a Thursday news conference in which she became emotional. “I have a responsibility to build back the trust of our city, of our police department and all of government.”
The mayor said people in circumstances such as Young's should not be hindered from obtaining information from city government. Lightfoot has apologized for the way Young was treated and says she would like to speak with her personally.
Young, who can be seen in the video telling police they have the wrong apartment, has said she was traumatized by the incident.
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