Lightfoot said at a news conference then that she wanted to “tell Ms. Young (that) I am deeply sorry and troubled that her home was invaded, and that she had to face the humiliation and trauma that she suffered.”
“That is just not right,” she continued. “It simply should not have happened. And I will make sure that there is full accountability for what took place.”
She also said she was “blindsided” by the emergency motion filed by her law department to block the video’s release.
“Filing a motion against a media outlet to prevent something from being published is something that should rarely, if ever, happen, she said. And had I been advised that this was in the works, I would have stopped it in its tracks.
Updated: 2:55 PM PST, December 17, 2020
“I believed in you as a Black woman running as mayor of City of Chicago,” said Anjanette Young, “I did vote for you. I told my friends to vote for you.”
A new video has surfaced of Chicago police handcuffing an innocent woman naked in her own home during a raid at the wrong apartment. That woman was Anjanette Young and now she is calling out Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfooot and her department for allegedly trying to keep the video a secret and prevent CBS Chicago from telling her story, CBS News Chicago reported.
“I believed in you as a Black woman running as mayor of City of Chicago,” said a dismayed Young, “I did vote for you. I told my friends to vote for you.”
Laquan McDonald tragically lost his life. Breonna Taylor tragically lost her life. Miss Young was violated and by the grace of God, she s here to tell her story, said attorney Keenan Saulter. But Laquan McDonald and Breonna Taylor should have been instrumental in the decisions that the city made about this video, and in the ways that they approached this case. How, after seeing the horrific nature in which Breonna Taylor was murdered in her own home – in a very eerily similar situation – how could you know that that occurred during this calendar year, that caused global level protest during a global pandemic, and think it was okay to try to suppress?
Laquan McDonald tragically lost his life. Breonna Taylor tragically lost her life. Miss Young was violated and by the grace of God, she s here to tell her story, said attorney Keenan Saulter. But Laquan McDonald and Breonna Taylor should have been instrumental in the decisions that the city made about this video, and in the ways that they approached this case. How, after seeing the horrific nature in which Breonna Taylor was murdered in her own home – in a very eerily similar situation – how could you know that that occurred during this calendar year, that caused global level protest during a global pandemic, and think it was okay to try to suppress?
Miss Young s dignity that she and all of us deserve was taken from her in those moments. Her obvious trauma and distress were real, profound and resonate deeply with me, Lightfoot said Wednesday. We should all be shaken by what she was forced to experience through no fault of her own. Miss Young, knowing that my words will not change what happened to you and your family almost two years ago, I nonetheless say to you I am sorry. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot apologized for the “colossal mess” she said followed a Chicago police raid that left a woman, naked in her home, handcuffed and traumatized. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the story.