Bass Condemns Holiday Action Targeting AIPAC President in Brentwood

LOS ANGELES—Mayor Karen Bass Nov. 24 condemned the actions of protesters who set off smoke bombs and poured red paint meant to represent blood outside a Brentwood home owned by the president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The Thanksgiving day protest in front of AIPAC President Michael Tuchin’s home was organized at least in part by the activist group People’s City Council-Los Angeles, which proclaimed on social media, “AIPAC spends tens of millions to control pro-genocide congressmembers. [Expletive] your holiday baby killer!” Video from the scene showed a small group of mostly masked protesters walking in the driveway of the home, setting off smoke bombs and tossing cloth-wrapped bundles with red paint on them, likely to symbolize dead infants, onto the property. Red paint was also spilled on the driveway....