Los Angeles City Council president Nury Martinez announced her resignation as president after she was heard making racist comments about a councilmember's Black son in a leaked audio recording of a conversation with other leaders.
Los Angeles City Council president Nury Martinez announced her resignation as president Monday after she was heard making racist comments about a councilmember's Black son in a leaked audio recording of a conversation with other leaders.
Martinez's comments stemmed from a conversation in or around October of 2021 about the redistricting process — a discussion that spanned about an hour,The newspaper says Martinez, Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León and L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera took part in the call, in which they also discussed Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas, who'd been indicted on federal corruption charges.
The Times also reported that Martinez appeared to discuss Bonin's child's behavior during a parade. The parade as referenced appears to have occurred around 2017. She allegedly said on the call,"[t]hey're raising him like a little White kid. I was like, this kid needs a beatdown. Let me take him around the corner and then I'll bring him back."
De León similarly apologized, saying,"There were comments made in the context of this meeting that are wholly inappropriate, and I regret appearing to condone and even contribute to certain insensitive comments made about a colleague and his family in private. I've reached out to that colleague personally. On that day, I fell short of the expectations we set for our leaders — and I will hold myself to a higher standard.
Hours later, Bonin and his family issued a statement calling on the City Council to remove Martinez as president and calling for Martinez's resignation:Since the Times' report came out, both Martinez and de León have been criticized by L.A. political and legal leaders. People gather outside Los Angeles City Councilmember Nury Martinez's home in Sun Valley. / Credit: CBSLA
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