Of course, Mike Bonin is Blaming the police for the responses to his home
A councilor for Los Angeles who voted to slash $150 million from the annual budget of the LAPD has called the police to his house eight times since April, it has been claimed.
Mike Bonin, 53, was among 11 councilors who agreed in June to reduce the annual budget, in the wake of calls to defund police forces across the country following the May 25 death of George Floyd.
On Friday night Bonin was accused of having called the cops to his LA home eight times since April, including requesting protection from protesters.
A public records request reveals that LA city councilman Mike Bonin, who voted to defund LAPD by $150 million, has called LAPD to his home 8 times since 4/4/20, including to provide extra patrols and protection from peaceful protesters at his house. https://t.co/Z6yhJ8XKM4
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 8, 2020
Bonin whined back at Melugin
Bonin, however, denied that he had made the calls, and said they were generated by the police themselves.
‘I have NEVER asked LAPD for patrols at my house,’ he tweeted in response to Melugin, and described the Fox reporter’s tweet as ‘false’.
‘When protests occurred at the homes of other elected officials and LAPD offered to send patrols to my home as a precaution, I specifically asked for no patrols at my home.
‘Seven of the eight calls you cite were apparently generated by LAPD themselves, sending patrols without my request and often without my knowledge.
He whined that this was being done to damage his reputation
‘This is a cute tactic to try to silence or intimidate a public official who is standing up to the police union,’ he said. ‘It ain’t working.’
Uh huh
Melugin then hit back, tweeting what he said was a text message from a LAPD source denying that the calls to Bonin’s home were generated by the police, without his knowledge.
‘This was definitely a call for service by Bonin or a member of his staff,’ the text read.
‘The call would have been placed by the resident or someone reporting something happening at that address.’
The LAPD should put him on a “no response” list.
