Seven years after the botched police raid that left Anjanette Young handcuffed and traumatized in her home, she is now being selected to join the oversight board for Chicago’s police department.

But the road from victim to police reform advocate has been long – and is one traced in her new memoir Past the Pain. In it, Young recounts the night her life was changed, the faith that she both questioned and drew strength from, and the support she’s found along the way.

In the Loop checks in with the social worker-turned-police reform advocate about her new memoir, and what she hopes changes in CPD.

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