Kevin de León is once again at the center of controversy. Videos surfacing on social media showed the embattled LA City Councilman being involved in a fight during a holiday event in Lincoln Heights.
In the social media video, where it doesn't show the entire incident, de León is seen slamming a man in a green jacket into a table, causing the City Councilman's Santa Claus hat to fly off his head.
On Monday, days after the Dec. 9 incident, de León released a video showing the moments when the man in the green jacket throw a punch:Kevin de León released an edited video showing the moment when a man throw a punch at the Los Angeles City Councilman shortly before it broke into a fight at a holiday event in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood.
The escalating political rhetoric is beyond unacceptable, now turning verbal threats into physical acts of violence. It’s a dangerous pattern that must end before more serious harm or loss of life occurs. Leaders must collectively step up to curb rising hostilities towards staff and elected officials. In no way is violence a form of free speech and acts like these have no place in politics or democracy.
According to LAPD, officers from the Hollenbeck Division arrived to the scene after reports of a large fight. The police department released the following statement:
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