Former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez resigned Wednesday after audio leaked this week of her using racist language.
The LA City Council met for the second time since leaked audio revealed the council's then-president, Martinez, made racist remarks and disparaged colleagues in a recording obtained by the Los Angeles Times. Protesters gathered inside the chambers and halted the meeting from even starting.
Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell, who is acting as president after Martinez resigned, tried to start the meeting several times, at one point trying to begin with comments from the public and another time with remarks by councilmember Mike Bonin, whose family was the target of the incendiary remarks. But each time, protesters drowned him out., meaning two-thirds, or 10 of the 15, councilmembers were no longer present.
He told reporters that he had spoken with each of the councilmembers one-on-one and told them to resign. The fact that they have yet to do so is “very frustrating,” the acting city council president said. “There's no perfect solution to this. There are no winners in all of this that's happening now. There are only casualties,” he said. “But the heart and soul of Los Angeles does not need to be a casualty of this.”LA official Mike Bonin responds to racist remarks about Black son
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