(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A Chicago City Council Committee has blocked a proposed ordinance to further tighten rules to prevent mistaken raids – a measure inspired by the infamous 2019 police intrusion into the home of social worker Anjanette Young.
Young was present Thursday as the Public Safety Committee debated changes that would tighten safeguards. The proposed ordinance targets warrants based on bad information and seeks to prevent raids that traumatize the wrong people or children.
Young pleaded for committee members to approve the proposal, but Deputy Mayor Elaine Gottrich said sufficient changes have been made already. The Lightfoot Administration says policies on raids are subject to monitoring under the Police Reform Consent Decree.
Sponsoring Ald. Maria Hadden (49th) said it would be appropriate to give council members the option of making changes to policy, which could be changed if they fell afoul of the work of the consent-decree monitor.
Gottrich acknowledged the point. But, she said, where remedies exist, codifying those policies into law would be "sticky and duplicative."
The proposed ordinance stalled in a 10-4 vote.
Young left disappointed. In 2019, she was forced to stand naked in front of several male police officers who were raiding her home mistakenly. The city approved a nearly $3 million settlement with Young.
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