Council leaders criticize police chief’s stance on law restricting face coverings for federal officers.
Tension over a new California law restricting face coverings for federal officers surfaced this week after Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said the department does not plan to enforce the measure during the Los Angeles City Council meeting on Tuesday.
When LAPD representative Deputy John Pinto came before the council to ask for funding for a new civilian police administrator position. City Council members, starting with CD 13 Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, began to question Pinto in detail about what the administrator would do and what the messaging that the administrator would work on “unifying” actually is…