The LAPD announced Saturday it has began an investigation into the incident on Friday at a community event in Lincoln Heights.
Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León doubled down Saturday on his stance regarding the physical altercation he was involved in with a man at a holiday event in Lincoln Heights.with the man, identified as Jason Reedy, while making an appearance at a holiday event at Lincoln Park in Lincoln Heights.
Hours before the incident, de León made his first appearance at the City Council chambers for the first time since the fallout following the release of a racist conversation involving the embattled councilman and two The Los Angeles Police Department has announced that it is investigating the altercation between de León and Reedy, according to City News Service.
De León's Communications Director Pete Brown issued the following statement regarding Friday's altercation: Jason Reedy and his accomplices started by shouting obscenities and disrupting a community toy giveaway and tree lighting ceremony already underway. I decided to try to exit the event to draw the disrupters away from the attending families and children and leave without further incident. Still, we discovered Reedy and others had blocked all available exits.
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