Unhinged lefty agitators sent a meeting of the Los Angeles Police Commission spiraling into chaos again on Tuesday — calling the city’s top cop a “pig” and a “rapist” as the group’s president failed to maintain order.
In a scene that has become a disturbing weekly ritual, foul-mouthed radicals stormed the meeting and hurled vile insults at LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell as he attempted to deliver his weekly report.
A person’s outstretched hand at a Los Angeles Police Commission meeting attempts to block photography. Jamie Paige
A man wearing a “F—CK THE POL(ICE)” shirt. Jamie Paige“Piece of s–t,” one protestor screamed as McDonnell tried to brief the public on recent violence in the city. Others yelled “murderers” and “rapists.”
Board of Police Commissioners President Teresa Sanchez-Gordon issued repeated warnings to the hostile crowd, but her voice was regularly overpowered by the profanity-laced attacks.
“From the outside looking in, it shows this commission has lost control of the room,” said former mayoral candidate Rick Caruso, who served the board from 2001 to 2005, including three years as president.
A man wearing a face mask and a hat that says “DEFUND POLICE” gives the middle finger. Jamie Paige“That shouldn’t be accepted. It reflects weakness and incompetency in leadership — and it’s being tolerated.”
“When I was police commissioner, we ran our meetings with a high level of civility and decorum,” he said. “I never let a meeting break down into chaos or any level of disrespect,” Caruso added.
From the moment McDonnell began speaking Tuesday, protesters zeroed in on the chief with sustained personal attacks. Each attempt to continue triggered fresh eruptions — chants, shouted slurs, mocking accusations — turning his report into a standoff between the dais and the crowd.
At one point, a reporter from The California Post was targeted for the second time in as many weeks by the disruptors and they put their hands in her face in an attempt to block her camera — making physical contact with her in the process.
“These are serious issues,” Caruso said. “If someone refused to conduct themselves in a way befitting a serious meeting, we removed them. You have to draw that line, or you lose control — and they’ve lost control.”
Chief McDonnell voiced his frustrations with the disruptions when he was asked about them during a press conference, calling the disorderly mob “vile.”
“It has a chilling effect on people from the community who want to come and be heard. They’re afraid to come. They’re intimidated by some of the agitators who show up every week,” he added.
“We’re told by legal counsel that they’re protected by the First Amendment. They’re exploiting that — but at the expense of the residents of Los Angeles and the process that was designed to provide civilian oversight.”
One notorious agitator, Jason Reedy — who frequently uses his children as cover during public outbursts — repeatedly called LAPD officers “pigs” as he spoke with a young child strapped to his chest. He accused McDonnell of refusing to condemn alleged misconduct while branding critics as “agitators,” drawing applause from the crowd.
Jason Reedy speaking at a podium with a young child nearby at a Police Commission meeting. California PostCaruso rejected the notion that disruption is protected speech.
“You have a First Amendment right to give your opinion,” he said. “You do not have a First Amendment right to disrupt a meeting.”
Sanchez-Gordon did order one vocal protestor out of the meeting — despite the demonstrator already heading for the door at the time.
Teresa Sanchez-Gordon, President of the Police Commission, listens at a meeting. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images“You jerks — I’m leaving. What does it matter?” he shouted as security stepped. “You have all day to listen to us. I’m leaving. Shut up.”
Even McDonnell’s briefing on recent violence in the city couldn’t cut through the noise.
The chief detailed violent protests tied to ICE enforcement that erupted days earlier — blocked traffic, vandalism, fireworks fired at officers, rubbish fires, and commercial-grade fireworks hurled at federal agents. An unlawful assembly was declared. Less-lethal munitions were authorized. The city went on tactical alert.
Sanchez-Gordon did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment regarding the disorder.
Caruso stressed that the city charter requires commissioners to control the room — and that failing to do so undercuts public safety.
“These are serious issues,” Caruso said. “If someone refused to conduct themselves in a way befitting a serious meeting, we removed them. You have to draw that line, or you lose control — and they’ve lost control.”
