Lightfoot dodges defeat as committee narrowly approves her COPA chief

Police body camera video shows the 2019 raid on the home of Anjanette Young. Chicago police had the wrong home, and some CPD officers involved in the raid were recommended for discipline; that included Officer Ella French, who was later killed in the line of duty. When the recommendation for French was released by COPA after French died, it set off a firestorm of controversy and nearly derailed the nomination of Andrea Kersten as chief administrator of the oversight agency. | CBS 2 Chicago

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday dodged a rare and embarrassing legislative defeat when a City Council committee narrowly confirmed her appointment of Andrea Kersten to head the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.

The Committee on Public Safety voted 9-6 in favor of Kersten’s nomination, despite the furor over the three-day suspension COPA recommended for slain Chicago Police Officer Ella French, who took part in the 2019 raid on the home of social worker Anjanette Young.