Horton

Craig Bolton and Carla Horton were due to get married on 30 May at St Chad's church in Coseley, close to their home in Dudley.

“Trying to find a way to make these clashes look as violent as they would really be while keeping the actors safe was a challenge,” said visual effects producer Thomas M. Horton.

“This has struck a chord,” said Cassy Horton, a 37-year-old downtown resident.

“It’s kind of an ‘Enough is enough,’” said Horton, who serves on the board of directors of the Downtown Los Angeles Residents Assn., which advocates for more than 2,300 residents and community stakeholders.

Horton and other board members from the residents group have called for immediate action from city officials, both to replace the trees and to hold the perpetrator to account — in an effort to help “shift the anti-social, chaotic trajectory of our neighborhood,” the group wrote in a letter to city officials.