Speaking Against Police Injustice – Anjanette Young, LCSW

Episode 40
Guest: Anjanette Young, LCSW
Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW

Anjanette Young, LCSW and founder of Café Social Work in Chicago, shares her harrowing experience of being wrongfully raided by the Chicago Police Department while naked and alone in her home. She describes the trauma of the incident, the city's attempted cover-up, and how it propelled her from a 25-year career in direct service social work into social justice activism. Anjanette now fights for policy change to hold the City of Chicago accountable and prevent similar violations against Black and Brown residents. This conversation is a powerful testimony of resilience, truth-telling, and the demand for systemic accountability.

In this episode:

• Anjanette's experience of being wrongfully raided at gunpoint by Chicago police in her own home
• How the city attempted to cover up the raid — and how the body cam footage was finally released
• The Chicago Police Department's repeated violations of the rights of Black and Brown residents
• How this experience transformed her from a direct service social worker into a policy advocate
• Her ongoing fight to hold the City of Chicago accountable and prevent this from happening to others

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