A Los Angeles Police Commission meeting was disrupted Tuesday when a group of protesters shouted obscenities at officers and interrupted proceedings as commissioners questioned LAPD leadership about new court-ordered limits on certain “less lethal” crowd-control weapons.
According to a report by the New York Post, about 40 people—some wearing medical masks or keffiyeh-style scarves—chanted anti-police slogans, repeatedly yelled “F–k the police,” and forced the public meeting to pause before order was restored.
The Post said the group also confronted a reporter it identified as Jamie Paige of the California Post, attempting to block her camera and refusing to answer questions.
”You are afraid of me, aren’t you?” one activist, identified by the Post as Jason Reedy, said during the confrontation.
Reedy has previously drawn attention for bringing his toddler to Police Commission meetings, a practice covered by the Los Angeles Times in 2023 amid broader disputes over public conduct and decorum at the oversight panel.
The disruption flared as Commissioner Rasha Gerges Shields questioned LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell about a recent federal court ruling that restricted the department’s use of certain “less lethal” crowd-control munitions, including 40mm launchers, according to the Post account.
In recent days, multiple outlets have reported that the LAPD moved to halt use of 40mm launchers for crowd-control situations following a federal judge’s finding that the department violated prior court restrictions—prompting an “effective immediately” directive that the 40mm “SHALL NOT” be used during crowd-control.
McDonnell told the meeting that demonstrations in Los Angeles have been “primarily peaceful” since the ruling, but said the restrictions remove tools that officers have used to create distance and reduce the risk of deadly-force encounters, according to the Post.
More over at The New York Post:
I went to a public LAPD meeting for The California Post — then an anti-cop mob swarmed me screaming ‘pigs’ at the cops https://t.co/5gXadoFc7s pic.twitter.com/CUpnrBUbER
— California Post (@californiapost) January 28, 2026