Deal backed in naked handcuffing

CHICAGO — A Chicago City Council committee on Monday recommended paying $2.9 million to a woman who was handcuffed while naked by police officers during a botched raid of her home in 2019.

The Finance Committee’s unanimous approval to recommend the settlement for social worker Anjanette Young will be considered Wednesday by the full City Council, which almost always follows the committee’s recommendations.

City Corporation Counsel Celia Meza told the Finance Committee , “The city has never disputed Ms. Young suffered an indignity” during the raid.

Kristen Cabanban, a spokeswoman for the city’s legal department, said Young’s attorney has agreed to the settlement.

After the committee meeting, Cabanban said an investigation revealed that police, who were at the wrong address, forced Young to remain naked for 16 seconds and that what they put over her kept falling off before she was allowed to get dressed about 40 minutes after the officers arrived.

Young filed a lawsuit in February naming the city and 12 police officers as defendants, contending that police had failed to independently verify the place to be searched.