City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto contacted the police chief about a specific protester, according to a memo. That protester is also an outspoken critic of hers.
Earlier this year, high-level officials in the Los Angeles Police Department asked for a meeting with city prosecutors to discuss a source of friction between their two offices. Los Angeles City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto had been pushing for criminal charges against a man she suspected was among the pro-Palestinian protesters who sprayed red paint and set off smoke devices outside the Brentwood home of a prominent Jewish civic leader, according to a memo summarizing the March 7 meeting.
and Feldstein Soto's own prosecutors raise questions about why she would have gone to such lengths to single out Sergienko, one of her most outspoken critics. The protest, which sparked outrage at City Hall and a hate crime investigation by the officials called for the March 7 meeting to raise concerns with Feldstein Soto's subordinates that their boss had accused the
'without such cause.' Feldstein Soto 'unilaterally' contacted the 's press team, which declined to discuss the situation. 'The case in question is still with the City Attorney's Office for review and filing consideration,' Det. Meghan Aguilar said in an email. In 2022, before Feldstein Soto was elected, the city attorney's office filed charges against Sergienko after he and other protesters disrupted a Los Angeles City Council meeting. Sergienko was charged with resisting arrest and battery on an officer, among other things.
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