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Chicago Mayor Issues Emotional Apology Over Video Of Wrongful Police Raid

Emily Zanotti
Chicago Mayor Issues Emotional Apology Over Video Of Wrongful Police Raid
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued an emotional apology late last week after Chicago media outlets revealed that the city had gone to court to prevent the release of a Chicago Police Department bodycam video from a botched police raid that took place in early 2019.

Lightfoot apologized personally to social worker Anjanette Young, who found herself naked and in handcuffs after CPD officers burst into her home a year ago.

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