CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- African-American women on the Chicago City Council are welcoming the promise of a hearing on their proposal for new policies on search warrants and raids by police.
North Side Alderwoman Maria Hadden said the rules crafted by her and black female colleagues had input from community groups and others, including Anjanette Young, who endured a mistaken 2019 raid on her home, and was videotaped handcuffed and naked, pleading with police.
Hadden said Mayor Lightfoot's reforms to Chicago Police policies on search warrants and raids are a good start, but she said, the ordinance drawn up by her and others, is stronger, and that the changes should be law, not “policy.”
"What we want to do is look at not just addressing this issue for now, right, not just being reactive for now, but how can we make these reforms to make Chicagoans safer, but also give them more of a guarantee that it's not just going to be changed when the next executive leader comes in," she said. "Our ordinance actually provides more...transparency and accountability, so some differences are like, we require public reporting on all home raids, not just the wrong ones."
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Mayor Lightfoot previously faulted their caucus for not discussing the proposals with her or police officials.
The proposed ordinance is named for Anjanette Young. Police video of the wrongful raid triggered an outcry.