LOS ANGELES — 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 Friday evening, embattled Councilman Kevin de León was smiling in a Santa hat and handing out gifts to children in Lincoln Park when protesters showed up — cellphone cameras rolling — to loudly denounce him as racist and to demand his resignation.
The group chased de León around the holiday party until one of them, Jason Reedy, came nose-to-nose with the councilman, and a physical altercation ensued. Both sides have filed police reports.
