BREAKING: Former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez resigns from the elected board after being at the center of a controversy over leaked audio of racist remarks.
said she is resigning from her district seat after nine years.
In the leaked audio, Martinez likened the Black son of council member Mike Bonin, who was 2 years old at the time, to an animal. She is also heard on the recording implying that the county’s progressive district attorney shouldn’t be supported because he’s “with the Blacks.” The remarks about Bonin’s son concerned the child’s behavior at a parade in 2017 when he was 2 years old. Martinez used a Spanish term to refer to the boy as an animal.
In announcing her resignation on Wednesday, Martinez listed some of the council's accomplishments as launching the country's largest renter's relief program, creating protection for tenants and fighting human trafficking.
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