On Wednesday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot finally apologized after the state of Chicago’s Law Department attempted to block a tv station from broadcasting video footage of a botched police raid.

The footage was taken in February of 2019, after authorities entered into the wrong home and handcuffed an innocent woman, as the rest of the male officers continued to look on. In a news conference, Lightfoot apologized, stating that she was “blindsided” after she failed to learn about the botched raid. Lightfoot also addressed the innocent woman and described the entire incident as “appalling.”

The mayor added, “I watched that video in absolute horror.” Lightfoot also condemned her own legal team after they failed to inform her about the failed operation. Lightfoot warned that she would not be “blindsided” by such issues again. The Mayor also claimed that she would have stopped the station from broadcasting the video if she was immediately informed about the incident.

The woman is identified as Anjanette Young. The video was reported by a local news station, WBBM-TV after Young filed a lawsuit against the police department. The news station attempted to obtain a copy of the footage through the Freedom of Information Act. However, the state’s police department denied their request.

According to reports, nine police body cameras captured the entire incident. At that time, Young had just arrived home from working as a social worker and was changing out of her work clothes. Suddenly, police barged into her room and entered with their guns drawn. “You’ve got the wrong house! You’ve got the wrong house!” Young repeatedly screamed.

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Initially, the police were tipped off about a 23-year old felon. Unfortunately, during the raid, they entered the wrong address since the suspect was living next door. In fact, Fox News claimed that the police could have immediately arrested the suspect since he was already wearing a monitoring device. In an interview with WBBM, Young shared her traumatic experience. She claimed that the police department denied their request because they already knew how bad the footage was. The victim asserted that the officers knew that they did “something wrong.” Finally, Young concluded that she was treated unfairly.

This comes as a huge blow to the police department after there is an increasing demand to defund the police. Worse, the state police also continued to face a 50 percent increase in homicide report.