It's been nearly 7 years since social worker Anjanette Young's home was mistakenly raided by Chicago police.

A dozen officers stormed into her apartment without identifying themselves and ransacked the unit as she stood naked and handcuffed.

Tearfully pleading with officers if they have the wrong place.

Since then, the city has settled her lawsuit for 2.9 million dollars.

But she says the trauma persists.

Young details, the incident, the events that followed and her journey to healing in her new book past the pain, how to emerge from trauma with purpose, which is out today.

And joining us now is Anjanette Young.

Welcome back.

Thank you for joining us.

Thank you so much for having me.

And thank you for always giving me a space continue to tell my story and to uplift others.

We're glad you're here sharing your story because you've been outspoken since it happened.

Probably not something easy to do.

>> Why did you want to write a book?

I wanted to write a book really help others who left.

You can have my hit other trauma experienced as a parent and, you know, as a profession, I am a licensed clinical social worker and so is so important for people to understand what it means to experience trauma or deal with mental health.

And then also a lot of my book talks about how to you.

How do you navigate that?

How do you understand what your body is feeling?

It where the resources are important for you to connect was was a difficult when you got down to the riding part of it because obviously you probably have to relive the experience in some detail.

Was that.

>> was very writing, just getting it on paper was one process of it.

>> But when you actually get to the editing process and you have to go back more detail or give more emotion, the editing process was very hard for me.

And it was in those moments where I knew that I had to be intentional to take care of myself in order to get the book finished it.

So it's, you know, it's to live your life.

But then also to get the book finished as well on that because you talk about working to grow past the pain title of the book.

Of course.

>> And you share some advice of your therapist.

What some of that advice.

>> one of the things that I feel like my fear is help me with the most was understanding what I was feeling in my body.

So when you are triggered by almost 99% of the time you feel it in your body before you could understand it in your mind and so wanted.

I think the best thing my fear is help me with it was to understand what I was feeling in my body before my mic caught up to it to react to what I was feeling and share.

Some of those tips in the book as well because understanding which are fielding grounding yourself and finding a space to feel safe again so important for It makes me recall.

The book the Body keeps the score about impact of trauma and how that shows up in your body.

>> You also you created the I am her foundation following the death of Breonna Taylor.

We all know black woman who was shot and killed by police officers in her Louisville home during a botched raid even you look, you struggled with getting anyone to believe you before.

That video was released thanks to our colleagues with their help at CBS, 2 you know, why do you think people didn't believe you already think?

We often don't hear about the experiences of of women at the hands of police violence.

I feel like historically we hear so much violence and our cities and around our countries that until we actually see it for ourselves, sometimes.

>> It doesn't really register.

So initially with CBS, 2 my first interview.

We didn't have the body cam footage.

And so that story didn't get a lot of attention.

We told the story of what happened, but it wasn't until people are able to see it that actually register with them.

And unfortunately, because we're so inundated with stories about trauma.

And, you know, another person who has been harmed that oftentimes it doesn't register and actually see it.

And of course, none of us can forget that the emotion in your voice hearing and watching that video once it was released.

>> Since the incident you've been advocating for an ordinance to reform police search warrant policies.

There has been some progress changes made to CPD policy include verifying warrant information before execution, limiting the hours of search warrants that they are served to between 06:00AM and 10:00PM avoiding pointing firearms at were handcuffing children unless reasonably necessary documenting all search is on in crisis.

Trained officer must be present during the raids.

Now the PD is policy was finalized late last year.

No public notice.

You endorsed Mayor Brandon Johnson as a candidate because he promised to ban no-knock warrants.

Are you frustrated?

How do you feel?

I'm frustrated with the process.

Absolutely.

I'm also learning in this journey of being in this space.

>> That change doesn't happen overnight in that it's a marathon and not a sprint.

So while I'm disappointed that we're not there yet, I believe that there is still some interest from the mayor's office.

I've had great relationship Mayor Brandon Johnson.

And so it is always expresses commitment to find a way to move this forward.

And so I think that there is still some opportunity for us to do that.

And I am committed to the crisis until we get it.

Then creates change.

Doesn't happen overnight.

But over 70 years has learned it has been 7 years.

And although we have not passed the ordinance, they have been small incremental changes.

And so I'm okay that were seen little is like taking baby bison.

Like how do you eat elephant?

One bite at a time?

So there has been some change.

And so there is much more change that needs to happen.

And it's unfortunate that it's taken this as long hes.

Speaking of elephants, the consent decree it was it is elephantine rated as big an expanded to include search warrants because of because of what happened to you.

>> You had told us in the past that you are sort of disappointed with the consent agreement, but that it's not a whole solution had.

still feel let down by the consent decree process?

It feel about I feel the same way about the consent decree.

Very slow process and getting things done.

>> I pleased that I have had opportunities to actually speak with a federal judge.

It different public cares regarding my concern with the consent decree again is one of those things that is moving might like molasses.

But I am hopeful that we will start to see some change.

>> All you've also lobbied for change in state law for these restrictions.

Are you continuing that work as Absolutely.

So I'm very pleased with the work that I'm doing Representative Kam Buckner, others in Springfield.

We are still very much pushing forward.

It passed through committee.

I've had some conversations with him recently.

So we're looking at bringing it back to the table.

This in this session in Springfield.

So I'm very excited.

Then we still have some commitment and movement at the state level since Chicago Police Department's their residential search warrants have dropped nearly 83% from 1382 in 2019.

>> To 228 in 2025, that is pretty substantial.

What do you think?

That's a reflection of?

absolutely think it's a reflection of the work that I have done in the work of the community members who have stood with me.

>> The correlation Craig Futterman and his team does.

I think that's a reflection of the work that has been happening, that the numbers are reducing in.

So that's a move in the right direction.

Okay.

book is out now.

What's next for you?

The book actually was just me wanting to help people to understand what it means.

So they have with trauma and how to heal from trauma.

What's next for me right now is I am very excited that I have the freedom to go out and support other families who have had these experiences.

So I've had an opportunity to work with the song, a messy family.

I had an opportunity to go to DC and work with the Martin family who had a case in the Supreme Court round FBI raids in so even today I went over to the courthouse and I said with the Tate family who was started near trial around a roll rate.

So those are things that I'm most excited about moving forward.

unfortunate that there is a community of people who have experienced this.

But I think maybe the wind is that they have you and each other to to work together on on healing from events like this.

>> In Jeannette Young, thank you so much for joining us again.

Thank you.

Again, the book is called past the pain.

How to emerge from trauma with purpose.

And we're back to wrap things up right after this.

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