About a year after the images of the Chicago police operation that led to Anjanette Young being handcuffed naked among a dozen male agents surface, the social worker will receive a compensation of US$ 2.9 million. .5 million) of the American city.
The decision was taken unanimously by the Municipal Council this Wednesday (15). After approval of the indemnity, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said a “healing process” now begins for Young, the city and the city, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
The operation took place in February 2019, when the police were carrying out a search warrant. They entered the social worker’s house and handcuffed her after information indicated that an armed man lived at that address—which turned out to be incorrect.
The officers stayed for about 40 minutes, according to Celia Reza, a Chicago inspector, told the City Council Finance Committee. She argued, however, that Young was completely naked for 16 seconds, when a jacket was draped over her shoulders for 13 seconds, then covered with a sheet.
Only ten minutes later the caseworker was able to get dressed when an agent arrived at the scene, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
The action was filmed by cameras attached to police uniforms, and the images were released by the WBBM-TV station in December last year, which raised questions to the mayor.
Initially, Lightfoot insisted that he did not know of the operation until the video went live, but after reviewing his emails, he admitted that he learned of the action in November 2019, when alerted by one of his advisors.
The mayor, however, denied any knowledge of her Department of Justice’s effort to block the release of the images, even forcing the resignation of former inspector Mark Flessner, her longtime friend, reports the Chicago newspaper.
For City Council Ray Lopez, the $2.9 million approved on Wednesday — nearly triple the value of the $1 million (BRL 5.7 million) indemnity rejected by Young and her lawyers a month ago — is still worthless. little because of the revictimization that the city made to become a social worker.
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