CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The Chicago City Council’s Finance Committee has voted unanimously to recommend a nearly $3 million settlement for the woman videotaped being handcuffed naked during a botched 2019 police raid.
City Corporation Counsel Celia Meza said social worker Anjanette Young and her lawyers have agreed to the $2.9 million dollar settlement of her lawsuit. Police raided her home based on an anonymous tip suggesting a man armed with a gun was inside. And she was left nude or only partially clothed for several minutes.
Meza said none of that is in dispute. Police body cameras recorded the incident, which made headlines and forced police to change policies.
Ald. Raymond Lopez voted yes with a grumble. He said he doesn't believe the settlement is high enough but corporation counsel Celia Meza, who inherited the case, explained that Young and her attorney agreed to the settlement.
At one point, city lawyers were vigorously fighting Young’s lawsuit and then corporation counsel Mark Flessner was asked to resign. The full City Council’s expected to give final approval this week.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot also pointed out Young and her attorneys agreed with the settlement in the case of the mistaken police raid on her home.
But she acknowledged the social worker has at times been critical of the way the mayor and her law department handled her lawsuit. Lightfoot suggested she understands and said we all saw what happened to Young and how she was treated by the police officers.
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