"As the Martin Luther King Jr. Kingdom Day Parade wound to an end in Leimert Park, activist Jason Reedy said he tried to "bird-dog" LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell over a recent increase in police shootings. One of the police department's most outspoken critics, Reedy, often confronts LAPD and city officials face to face in public forums. After jawing with members of McDonnell's security detail, Reedy got into a heated exchange with Alan Hamilton, a deputy chief who runs the detective bureau."
"Reedy said he was there with his family, but left them at one point to confront L.A. Mayor Bass over her support of the Police Department. When he spotted McDonnell near the tail end of the parade, he recalled, he began screaming at the chief about the fact that LAPD officers had opened fire on citizens nearly 50 times last year - the highest annual total"
Jason Reedy attempted to "bird-dog" LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell at the Martin Luther King Jr. Kingdom Day Parade in Leimert Park to protest a recent rise in police shootings. After confronting McDonnell and members of his security detail, Reedy engaged in a heated exchange with Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton, who reportedly told Reedy he had stayed at the event to "make sure the kids don't get molested." Reedy called the molestation allegation baseless and accused LAPD officials of campaigning to silence him. Hamilton later said his remark was taken out of context and that he meant Reedy was bothering young officers.
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