‘Little kids were starting to cry’: Inside the Kevin de León fight at Christmas gift giveaway
by Brittny Mejia, Gregory Yee and Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times
Dec 10, 2022
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES — The fight between embattled Councilman Kevin de León and an activist Friday night has heightened the simmering tensions in Los Angeles politics over the leak of racist audio that has rocked City Hall.
De León — the only of the three council members on the recording to still be in office — has sparked protests outside his home and at City Hall.
What happened Friday night at a holiday gift giveaway in Lincoln Heights took matters to another level.
It occurred in front of neighborhood children who gathered for what was supposed to be a festive party. Many kids were upset by what they saw.
What happened
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