L.A. Councilman Kevin de Leon in physical fight with activist during holiday toy giveaway

[Zorro]

Last edited Sat Dec 10, 2022, 08:33 PM - Edit history (1)

Hours after drawing protesters’ ire with his first in-person appearance in two months at a Los Angeles City Council meeting, Kevin de León was involved in a fight with an activist Friday night that was at least partially caught on video.

The council member said in a statement that he was assaulted. Activists said De León was the aggressor.

De León was at Lincoln Park for a toy giveaway and holiday tree lighting when the incident occurred, his office told The Times.

A video posted to Twitter by two local activist organizations — RootsAction and J-TOWN Action and Solidarity — shows a brief portion of an altercation between De León and a man identified in the description as Jason Reedy, an organizer with the People’s City Council.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-09/video-los-angeles-councilmember-kevin-de-leon-fight-activist

'Tis the season...

[ellisonz]

1. KDL needs to resign. Also I think this should be a national story!

[Merlot]

2. He ran against DiFi when she was up for re-election last time

I really didn't want to vote for DiFi - due to her behavior on the judiciary committee and cozying up to repubs - but couldn't bring myself to vote for KDL. There was always something about him I distrusted, and seeing this along with his "shenanigans" at the city council I am glad I trusted my instinct. He needs to resign and drop out of politics.