The recent editorial ( “Los Angeles city attorney to press: drop dead,” Nov. 6) attacking me with inflammatory rhetoric — accusing me of “hating the press” and wanting journalists “shot by the police”— is both wrong and a dangerous distortion that undermines the very public safety it pretends to champion.

Hyperbolic claims such as these do nothing to advance public information, much less thoughtful discourse on civil liberties or law enforcement. Instead, they fan the flames of division in a city already grappling with complex challenges. My office’s defense of the city and its departments as Los Angeles city attorney is my charter responsibility and reflects my steadfast dedication to safeguarding every Angeleno, protesters, journalists, innocent bystanders and our police officers and

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