Social worker who was handcuffed while naked during botched raid by Chicago police praises slain cop Ella French: She was the only officer who treated me with 'dignity and respect' after arriving at the scene
A Chicago social worker who was the victim of a botched police raid on her home, during which she was forced to stand naked and handcuffed, has said that slain officer Ella French was the only person who showed her 'any dignity or respect' during the incident.
French, 29, was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Chicago's South Side on Saturday.
Two brothers, 21-year-old Monty Morgan and 22-year-old Eric Morgan, have been arrested and charged in French's fatal shooting.
Anjanette Young on Wednesday released a statement, mourning the loss of Chicago police officer Ella French
Young, a social worker, said French was the only officer who treated her with 'dignity and respect' after a wrongful raid on her home in 2019, during which she was naked
French (circled in red) was not part of the all-male raid team and arrived later
Back in February 2019, French was called to the scene after a dozen male officers acting on a bad tip from an informant barged into Anjanette Young's home on Chicago's South Side in search of a potentially armed 23-year-old felon who lived next door.
During the wrongful raid, which was captured on body camera video and first broadcast by WBBM after a protracted legal battle with the city, Young repeatedly pleads with officers that they have the wrong home and there are no guns in the home. She had returned home after work and was undressing for bed when police burst into her apartment.
A sobbing Young was forced to stand naked and handcuffed in front the all-male raid team for more than 40 minutes.
On Wednesday, Young, who is suing the City of Chicago for the raid, released a statement, saying she was mourning French's death, reported Fox 32.
'Officer French was called to Ms. Young's home on February 21, 2019 (after the raid-she was not on the raid team),' the statement reads. 'Officer French assisted Ms. Young and allowed her to get dressed, in the privacy of her bedroom.
'Officer French was the only officer who showed Ms. Young any dignity or respect on the night of the raid.
Young said French (circled above) allowed her to get dressed in the privacy of her bedroom
French is mentioned in Young's lawsuit against the City of Chicago, but not by name
'Ms. Young is praying for Officer French's family and offers her sincerest condolences to them and all of Officer French's friends and colleagues.'
Young's complaint mentioned French in passing, but not by name, instead referring to her as 'an unknown female Chicago officer' who walked the woman into her bedroom and removed her handcuffs, reported Chicago Sun-Times.
'The female Chicago police officer then turned off her bodycam to Anjanette Young could get dressed,' according to the lawsuit.
French could be seen in viral body camera footage leading away Young wrapped in a blanket as the emotional woman repeatedly tells the officers: 'You've got the wrong house!'
French was killed with a gunshot to the head and her partner was seriously injured after they pulled over a vehicle carrying the Morgan brothers and a woman on Saturday night.
French was shot and killed after pulling over a car carrying Eric Morgan , his brother and a woman
Monty Morgan and his brother, Eric Morgan , were said to have been driving with expired license plates, prompting police to pull them over on Saturday night
A male passenger opened fire and officers returned fire, striking the suspect, police said.
Monty Morgan is charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and other counts. His older brother, Eric Morgan, faces charges of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and obstruction of justice.
French's death was the first fatal shooting of a Chicago officer in the line of duty since Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a Democrat, took office.