CHICAGO — A Chicago City Council committee voted Thursday to reject legislation introduced in response to a botched 2019 police raid of a Black woman that prompted widespread outrage.
The Anjanette Young Ordinance — named after the social worker who was forced to stand handcuffed and naked in her home while Chicago police officers wrongly searched her home — was up before the council’s Public Safety committee. Far North Side Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th, and others first presented it to the body in February 2021, but it never garnered a vote as Mayor Lori Lightfoot argued such reforms should be reflected within police department directives, not codified in law.
The vote failed 10-4. However, Vice Chairman Harry Osterman said the item will “stay in committee,” allowing a potential vote on another day.
