Words exchanged between Los Angeles Councilman Kevin de León and an activist at a holiday toy giveaway and Christmas tree lighting event in Lincoln Heights on Friday night led to a physical altercation, a portion of which was caught on video.
That altercation is now under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department an LAPD spokesperson confirmed. Police were dispatched after reports of the fight breaking out around 6:30 p.m. in the 3500 block of Valley Boulevard were received Friday.
Video from local progressive activist groups RootsAction & J-Town Action Solidarity on Twitter show de León aggressively manhandling a male who had gotten close to him knocking the man towards the ground and slamming him against a tabletop. The man was later identified as Jason Reedy.
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