CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Chicago's police superintendent is recommending a sergeant be fired in connection with a raid that went wrong.
Chicago Police Sergeant Alex Wolinsky is accused of failing to intervene during the botched raid of Anjanette Young's near West Side home in February of 2019. His disciplinary charges include failing to show Young a copy of the search warrant and allowing officers to handcuff her while she was naked.
Superintendent David Brown is now recommending Wolinsky be fired from the Chicago Police Department. CBS 2 first reported the wrongful raid in December of 2020.
According to documents filed by Brown Tuesday with the Chicago Police Board, Sgt. Alex Wolinski allowed Young to remain in handcuffs while naked for an extended period of time, even after it had been established officers were at the wrong home during the 2019 raid.
One specific rule Wolinski is accused of violating is one that forbids “disrespect to or maltreatment of any person.”
A sobbing Young can be seen on the bodycam video telling officers more than 40 times that they had the wrong house; eventually, one officer finally gave her a blanket to cover up.
Young was undressed and getting ready for bed at the time as the ordeal unfolded.
An unnamed informant gave police Young’s address, saying a man was illegally possessing a gun there. But when officers arrived, they found only Young, who repeatedly told the officers that she lives alone.
John Catanzara, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, which represents rank-and-file officers, called Brown’s decision a “disgusting display of ‘leadership” on a Facebook post that was created Wednesday.
Nearly two years later, Wolinsky will have his first disciplinary hearing in December.
(WBBM Newsradio and the Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this copy.)
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