Chicago’s top lawyer resigned Sunday as city officials dealt with the aftermath of a police raid on the home of a black woman, who was not allowed to put on clothes before being handcuffed.
The corporation’s lawyer, Mark Flessner, announced his resignation in an email to employees, noting that he was involved last week in the case related to police images of an illegal raid in February 2019 at the home of social worker Anjanette Young.
“Clearly, the raid on Anjanette Young’s home was a tragedy we must learn,” Flessner said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press. “Defending racial injustice and fighting for equality within our justice system are crucial issues that we must continue to work to address as a community.”
The lawyer did not say whether he was asked to resign.
“I’m giving up because of the firestorm around the whole tape,” Flessner told the Chicago Tribune in an interview. “They accuse me of trying to hide it, which is not true.”
Mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot
Chicago officials tried to block the release of body camera images showing police handcuffing a naked woman in a wrong raid. Fauci addresses concerns about the black American vaccine: this was “developed by an African-American woman.” The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook. COVID-19 MORE VACCINES (D) said Sunday that he accepted his resignation effectively immediately after apologizing last week to Young for the incident.
“I am committed to a full review of everything that has happened around this incident, I will take corrective action if necessary and hold people accountable,” Lightfoot said in a statement obtained by the AP.
Chicago officials had he tried to stop a local CBS station, CBS 2, to broadcast images from the raid’s body camera which was later determined to be in the wrong home. He the station was reported last week, a judge rejected the officials’ motion to prevent the transmission of the images.
The video of the controversial incident showed officers entering Young’s home and prevented him from more than 40 statements that they were at the wrong home. Young has told CBS 2 that he didn’t have time to get dressed and that an agent at one point put a blanket over his shoulders before he fell leaving his body visible.
Police reportedly acted according to a reporter who said a criminal with a firearm and ammunition lived in Young’s home, but the suspect in question was later found next door.
The mayor of Chicago has argued that she was “blinded” by the motion filed by her law firm requesting that the material not be issued.
City attorneys had also tried to sanction Young for violating a confidentiality agreement, but withdrew that request, according to the AP. They also recently revealed that they did not provide Young’s lawyer with all the camera footage for his lawsuit with the city.
Keenan Saulter, a lawyer representing Young, did not immediately return any request for comment, but instead sued city officials for trying to cover up his client’s experience last week.
“This city has a history of attempts to cover up unfavorable videos. That’s all we’re dealing with here, ”Saulter said.