Embattled L.A. Councilman Kevin de Leon and protesters remain equally defiant after fracas.
A loud and violent week in Los Angeles politics has some insiders questioning whether the City Council — the body charged with administering the second-largest U.S. city — remains a safe place to work.
On Saturday afternoon, across town at Loyola Marymount University, the swearing-in ceremony of newly elected Councilmember Traci Park was loudly interrupted by protesters who had to be removed by police.The weekend’s events followed an uproar at Friday’s City Council meeting, where protesters, including Reedy, cursed at De León and engaged in a shouting match with the council member’s supporters.
But when COVID-19 shut down public meetings, some L.A. activists took their protests to the streets outside elected officials’ homes. In an email Sunday, Reedy’s lawyer, Shakeer Rahman, said his client “has only protested public officials at public events open to the public” and “only began protesting De León this February.”
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