The California attorney general says his office will investigate the Los Angeles City Council to determine whether any laws were broken after an audio recording of racist remarks surfaced.
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 2021 audio was from a political strategy meeting attended by a handful of Latino Democrats on the council.
The recording surfaced on a Reddit discussion board this month but was deleted. The source of the audio is unknown, and NBC News hasn’t determined whether it has been edited. At a raucous City Council meeting Tuesday that was delayed by an outraged crowd calling for Martinez, de León and Cedillo to resign, council member Mitch O’Farrell, serving as acting president, agreed and said it’s time for the three members to move on.
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