welcome back to the civil rights lawyer Channel Chicago Police Department officers burst into
the home of Anjanette young utilizing a no knock entry the problem was they had the wrong
house
nobody else lives here they kept her there handcuffed even after they reasonably should
have realized that they made a mistake here [Music]
the resident of the home a social worker was just getting ready for bed when this raid
occurred she was then handcuffed naked in a room full of police officers in her own
home and forced to remain naked and handcuffed for over 10 minutes even after the mistake
was discovered this week some huge news was released on the fate of the police officer
who was responsible for this happening take a look at the body cam footage and then I'll
tell you what ended up happening as well as the applicable constitutional violations
for somebody
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I don't get a gun I don't got a gun
please
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[Applause] right here right
oh I mean what is going on here
oh
no more lives here with me
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[Music] everything
I am the sergeant here and I'm going to explain everything to you in a second okay
[Music] are we good back there
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okay
check uh just right here
down so we can get the free photos done
everything everything is
nobody else lives here let's check this mixture of three things
can I please call somebody
call somebody
wait a minute okay okay
the paperwork for you okay Sergeant's getting it
guys hey move this young lady over we're gonna take a picture wait a minute oh my God no
I have to call somebody this is not right I don't even know what you're doing we'll
explain to you what's going on right now please
get out of the way and then we'll explain to you what's going on okay I'll hold this
for you okay
oh
for sure
in a moment okay and then a moment tell me what's going on I get all our speakers
don't tell me what you're looking for I was playing with you tell me now you got the wrong
house you got the Roadhouse
you got the wrong house
hey guys everybody um this way let's get a photograph of this piece
okay
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like bringing over him no bring it to me and let me read it I'm not moving so you're aware
everything's
everything's yeah you got the wrong house correct yes okay
four four years and nobody lives here but me okay
ridiculous
in and I can't tell you you got the wrong place no I don't want to hear it I'm a lawyer
let me call somebody
[ __ ] he call somebody right now this is not okay
you were the wrong place hey
bro please
I have the wrong place
I don't care what you say you got the wrong place I live here by myself I don't understand
that oh
search for it
when you get the wrong place
you get the wrong place please let me call somebody this is not right I don't want to
be here by myself let me call somebody this is not right I don't want to hear what you're
saying sir until you let me call somebody cause this is not right I've been living here
with myself nobody by that name lives here you can go through everything yell in my house
my house I'm not gonna find it and you got in the wrong place
your name lives here
I do not have nothing by myself ever since I moved in four hours you got the wrong place
I have lived here since 2015.
you've got the wrong place and nobody's on this lease but me and my son and my son my
son is 22 he is not here you got the wrong place Nobody by that name has ever been here
this is so [ __ ] crazy and I'm standing here naked you take pictures of my house and
you won't let me calling about it I keep telling you you got the wrong place you got the wrong
place
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but any of my neighbors they will tell you I'm living by myself I mind my own business
I don't bother nobody this is not right as any of my neighbors that was not right this
is crazy and you won't let me call nobody you won't let me put no clothes on
what I'm saying is you what you're doing you got the wrong place there's nobody here ever
by that name you got the wrong information you got the wrong information okay this is
not right
oh sorry you need to let me call somebody Adam you got me going through this ordeal
about myself this is not right I need to call somebody
what I'm trying to do is get your clothes
I trust I need to call somebody against all these people in my house doing whatever it
is you need to do I understand what you're saying you got a [ __ ] responsibility but
I'm telling you it's wrong I'm asking you today because of I'll sit here and let you
do whatever you need to do but let me call somebody let me call an attorney because I'm
telling you this is wrong I have nothing to do with whoever this person is looking for
and you can ask any of my neighbors right now they will tell you that I'm always here
by myself me and the dog that's it nobody that you're looking for you can look through
all that mail on the wall you will not find that name here I don't know who that person
is and your son lives here as well my son lives here my son is currently incarcerated
and he don't know I don't think I can't say what he does
no because my son has not been here since I moved here he's been incarcerated since
I moved here okay so I know I don't know who this person is I want clothes and I want to
make a phone call I can use my own phone but if I need to call somebody I trust me that's
all I'm asking I need to call somebody after I said I need you for some clothes on this
is so [ __ ] crazy you have no clue cause this is oh my God this is so great please
let me put some clothes on please
I'm completely naked I don't have underwear or anything uh and you
all those
insecure outside
sorry
the police officer in charge during this raid was Alex wolinski who had been with that department
since 2002 in a 5-3 decision the Chicago Police board just voted in favor of discharging him
for multiple rules violations including failure of leadership in a 31-page written opinion
the board wrote though it was clear that the officers were not at the residence of the
intended target walinski nonetheless allowed Miss Young to remain naked and handcuffed
for an extended period of time over 10 minutes also 12 other officers were put on desk Duty
as a result of this botched raid a sobbing young in the video can be seen telling officers
more than 40 times that they had the wrong house an officer did give her a blanket to
cover up but she was still unclothed underneath 10 minutes into this raid Miss Young was allowed
to get fully dressed after a female officer finally arrived on the scene but she remained
handcuffed even though she had done nothing wrong and she was in her own home and she
was the wrong person this raid continued still for about 30 minutes Miss Young later sued
the city and 12 officers over this 2021 incident ultimately she received a 2.9 Million Dollar
settlement so usually where police make reasonable mistakes about a home address or things of
that nature they will be allowed to get away with it constitutionally the problems they
had in this case really there were two main ones one is that they did not comply with
the knock and announce requirements now there is a fourth amendment requirement that even
if the police do have a valid search warrant that they knocked and announce prior to entering
the home and here they just really didn't do that they were knocking and announcing
as they were busting down the door Chicago Police Station
ly once they realized that they had made a mistake they should have immediately released
this woman apologize to her and gotten the hell out of her house but they didn't do that
they kept her there handcuffed even after they reasonably should have realized that
they made a mistake here as we see in all of these cases cameras have taken down more
bad police officers and caused more government accountability for their misconduct than any
lawsuit ever has or anything ever has it is camera footage not just camera footage but
public exposure it being out there it being shared in this case in particular I mean somebody
who has done nothing wrong nothing wrong at all just getting ready for bed and look what
happened to her if it can happen to her it can happen to you it can happen to everybody
and so that gives traction with people and they realize that we have a problem yet another
accountability accountability the success story and if you like going over these and
watching the associated footage which just like the the last video These are great because
we see the footage and we also know what the end result is now it'd be interesting to see
whether this officer actually ends up being discharged or whether all these all the bureaucratic
red tape that they have in Chicago we'll keep them in there for years to come as a police
officer so please subscribe both here and at the blog at thecivilrightslawyer.com remember
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