When members of Black Lives Matter-LA attempted to enter yesterday's city council meeting, they were confronted by a small group of mostly Latinos chanting, "all lives matter."
"Just because they stopped hanging you guys, we're not gonna start getting hung," Carlos Heredia said while standing between BLM supporters and the door to the council floor. "You continue to hang our people, and it's done. We gotta stand up for that."
Protesters calling for KDLs resignation were met with supporters of KDL chanting “All Lives Matter”, and comparing the scrutiny of KDL & his supporters to Americas history of lynching Black Americans by saying “You’re not gonna start hanging us because they stopped hanging you”. pic.twitter.com/uQhqZ7Jfu7
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Hours later, Heredia appeared at a luncheon to welcome newly-elected council members. In attendance were Mayor Karen Bass, Council President Pro Tempore Curren Price, Council President Paul Krekorian, and newly-elected Councilmember Katy Young Yaroslavsky.
"The only racism at City Hall today was Black Lives Matter organization," Heredia wrote in an Instagram post that included a carousel of photos from the day. In one image, Heredia poses with a smiling Bass. In another video posted on Heredia's IG, he chows down on a plate of food while seated one table away from the mayor and within close proximity to other city leaders. "You want to stay ghetto; that's where you stay," Heredia says in one of several videos he posted yesterday at the event.