Los Angeles city council member Kevin de León is facing renewed scrutiny after a video surfaced online Friday night of him engaged in a physical altercation with a community activist during a holiday event.
A 35-second video of the incident posted to Twitter by two local community organizations and also obtained by CNN appeared to depict De León shoving a man who is identified in the caption as local organizer Jason Reedy into a table. That came after a crowd surrounded de León, following him through an exit and calling for his resignation because of audio leaked earlier this year in which he and other council members made racist comments about a fellow council member’s Black child.
Not only has Kevin de León lost all political legitimacy, his claims that he was the one attacked here simply underscores how he’s lost touch with reality,” Rahman said in a statement. When asked to respond to de León’s statement, Rahman repeated Reedy “did not initiate physical contact with anyone.” CNN has reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department and de León’s office for comment on Friday’s altercation.
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