Chicago mayor Lightfoot sought to block release of video of wrongful police raid
On Monday night, CBS Chicago aired police bodycam footage from the brutal and illegal night-time police raid on the home of social worker Anjanette Young in February 2019. The Chicago Police Department (CPD), assisted by Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the city’s lawyers, worked for months to cover up the raid and suppress the video, which further confirms that the police operate as a violent, occupying force in working class neighborhoods, unaccountable to even the most basic investigative and legal requirements.
The video of the raid on Young’s apartment comes to light as Lightfoot, amid surging COVID-19 infections and deaths, is leading a homicidal campaign to reopen the Chicago Public Schools in less than one month.