A Los Angeles city councilman and activist who was involved in a physical altercation during a Christmas toy giveaway will not be charged over his viral video brawl.
Councilman Kevin de León and Jason Reedy were involved in the altercation in December 2022 after Reedy called for de León to resign.
Reedy and others attended the holiday event to call for the councilman’s resignation after he was taped with racist language.
Los Angeles District Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto told Fox 11 that neither party will be charged in connection with the Dec. 9 altercation.
In statements, both de León and Reedy expressed disappointment with Feldstein Soto’s decision not to charge the other in the incident.
De León (pictured) went on to argue that Feldstein Soto “has once again decided to prioritize politics over public safety,” setting a “dangerous precedent.”
The councilman told Fox News Digital he believes Reedy should be prosecuted.
“He assaulted a woman on my staff, a parishioner and me at a children’s Christmas toy raffle,” de León said in a statement.
“A week earlier, late one night, he stalked several women on my staff at my field office. “This man exhibits a clear pattern of calculated violent behavior,” he continued.
The Democrat went on to argue that Feldstein Soto “has once again decided to prioritize politics over public safety,” setting a “dangerous precedent.”
He claimed that the Los Angeles Attorney essentially gave “the green light to pursue and assault city employees.”
However, Reedy told the Los Angeles Times that de León should be charged.
“I am relieved that no charges will be brought against me as I was the one who was attacked and assaulted,” the liberal activist said.
“I’m absolutely disappointed that the prosecutor didn’t feel the need to indict Kevin de León, but as of this writing, it is,” Reedy said.
After the incident, both de León and Reedy filed separate police reports.
In the videos posted by progressive roots group Action, de León – who has faced calls to resign after being caught on video making racist remarks – fights Reedy in the hallway
The fight was posted online and caught the attention of Los Angeles residents
Los Angeles District Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto told Fox 11 that neither party will be charged in connection with the Dec. 9 altercation
In the video, de León can be seen walking through a hall while hearing shouts of “Resign, Kevin!” as he is surrounded by protesters including one who has called him a racist.
He then appears to bump into Reedy – a local organizer for the People’s City Council, a leftist group that describes itself as “abolitionist, anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist” – as he walks through a door.
Apparently backed into a corner, De Leon then pushes Reedy far enough that he gets to the far wall of the hallway, where he knocks him to the ground.
He then grabs Reedy and appears to be pushing him further down the hall.
After the video was released, both men claimed they were victims of the assault.
The incident came just days after de León attended his first city council meeting in months since a scandal broke over racist remarks by elected officials.
Three council members left after de León showed up, including Mike Bonin, whose black son was dubbed a “monkey” by former council president Nury Martinez.
Former City Council President Nury Martinez (pictured) resigned after it was leaked that she called a colleague’s black son a “monkey” during a meeting with de León
Bonin tweeted that de León was a “vile racist” who should resign and said he left the council chamber along with Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Nithya Raman.
Dozens of people turned out to support de León, while others protested his appearance, urging him to leave at the time.
It was the first time de León had appeared at a meeting since a recording surfaced in October showing Martinez, outgoing councilman Gil Cedillo, de León and a union leader attending a closed-door meeting that used racist language has been used.
Council members were involved in a secretly taped 2021 session peppered with crude, bigoted commentary in which Latino Democrats planned to protect their political clout by reshaping the council district.