Here’s my question… how in the world did a Democratic Socialist end up with a Lexus?
Life as a trade union activist muse be pretty lucrative.
With all that aside, what’s up with a Mr. Defund the Police staffer calling the LAPD to step-up area patrols due to the same having to deal with the heartbreak of a broken-down Lexus?
Side note: for a Lexus to “break-down,” you have to abuse the hell out of it. One might say it’s the automotive equivalent of riding a horse literally to death.
Anyhow, as reported by Britain’s the Daily Mail;
A newly-elected Los Angeles city councillor who campaigned on a pledge to abolish the police has been left red-faced after a staff member rang the LAPD to request protection for his broken-down car.
Hugo Soto-Martinez, a trade union activist and member of the Democratic Socialist party, was elected in December.
Soto-Martinez campaigned against ‘armed militias occupying our neighborhoods,’ saying that the existing policing system was ‘completely corrupt, immoral, and needs to be changed drastically.’
On Thursday night, a member of his team placed a call to the LAPD just before 10pm requesting assistance, because Soto-Martinez’s white Lexus had broken down.
Soto-Martinez, asked about the request, was furious.
‘It’s come to our attention that a deputy staffer had some contact with the LAPD regarding his personal vehicle,’ a spokesman told Fox 11.
‘We are investigating this matter internally and will be taking appropriate action.
‘Council Member Soto-Martinez is very upset as this does not reflect the values of transparency, responsible governance and being accountable to the community that elected him.’
You really can’t make this stuff up. Mr Defund The Police himself – Democratic Socialist Hugo Soto-Martinez, newly elected to LA City Council CD 13 asked LAPD FOR EXTRA PATROLS around his council office because his car broke down in the parking lot. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/ZbExMDpxTN
— STREET PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES (@streetpeopleLA) February 3, 2023