The embattled L.A. City Council member walked into the council chamber just before 11 a.m. Protesters voiced their disapproval, and a recess was called.
Council President Paul Krekorian approached De León and spoke to him, then some of De León’s colleagues began leaving the chamber. Krekorian called a recess of the meeting and De León, as he walked out, waved to his supporters in the audience.
“Both men made comments or gestures to suggest that it was going to become physical, so we intervened at that time,” said Los Angeles Police Department Officer Marco Duarte, who is assigned to the council chamber. “We’ve got a good councilman,” Pulido told a reporter during the recess. “He’s not perfect — nobody’s perfect. But it’s sad when it comes down to this.”Once the meeting resumed, council members voted 8 to 3 to have city agencies assess the cost of assigning LAPD officers to respond to the protests that have broken out during the past few months, largely in response to the audio of De León and his colleagues.
“The problem was on those tapes. The problem is in this room. The problem is somebody’s ego refuses to get out of the way of his need to resign,” he said. “The road to redemption begins with resignation, and that will end the protests.”
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