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    A low for LA politics: Council member and activist fight as children watch in horror

    LOS ANGELES — On Friday evening, more than 100 children and their parents were gathered at Lincoln Park for a tree-lighting celebration. Parents took videos of their daughters performing in pink tutus inside the auditorium. Children played in a snow pit outside. The DJ played “Christmas Is Here” and other holiday songs. On stage, Councilmember Kevin de León, who wore a Santa hat, was handing ...
    by Brittny Mejia, Liam Dillon and Gregory Yee, Los Angeles Times Dec 11, 2022 6 minutes
    Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León returned to council chambers after a two-month absence at City Hall on Dec. 9, 2022, in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — On Friday evening, more than 100 children and their parents were gathered at Lincoln Park for a tree-lighting celebration.

    Parents took videos of their daughters performing in pink tutus inside the auditorium. Children played in a snow pit outside. The DJ played “Christmas Is Here” and other holiday songs.

    On stage, Councilmember Kevin de León, who wore a Santa hat, was handing out gifts to children when a handful of activists entered.

    What happened next swept everyone in the room into the maelstrom that is Los Angeles politics in late 2022. Over the next 10 minutes, five activists chased De León around the auditorium, loudly calling him racist and telling him to resign.

    Cornered in a back room, De León shoved one of the activists, Jason Reedy, into a table and pushed him down a hallway, losing his Santa hat in the process. Reedy responded by punching De León at least once.

    The evening ended with both De León and Reedy filing police reports alleging that they were battered

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