Protestors set up camp outside the home of one of those councilmembers, Kevin de León, over the weekend. At 7 a.m. Tuesday, they held a press conference on his front lawn to reiterate their frustration and outrage.
Other speakers at the press conference called for an end to"zero-sum game politics" and"divide and conquer politics."
The protesters ended the press conference with chants of"LA's Black and brown and native, we ain't got no room for racists."
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