The president of the Los Angeles City Council has resigned from the post after she was heard making racist comments in a leaked recording of a conversation with other Latino leaders.
Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez addresses a press conference held at the launch of a mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium, Jan. 15, 2021, in LA. Associated Press and Spectrum News StaffPUBLISHED 11:45 AM PDT Oct. 09, 2022EDITOR'S NOTE: Multimedia journalist Kate Cagle spoke to LMU political science professor Dr. Fernando Guerra about the relationship between race and the redistricting process and breaks down the leaked audio recording.
Among other comments, Martinez belittled Bonin, who is white and has a Black son, and criticized the child for his behavior at a Martin Luther King Day parade“I take responsibility for what I said and there are no excuses for those comments,” Martinez said in a statement Monday. “I’m so sorry. “I ask for forgiveness from my colleagues and from the residents of this city that I love so much. In the end, it is not my apologies that matter most; it will be the actions I take from this day forward. I hope that you will give me the opportunity to make amends.The statement did not say she would resign her council seat. There was no immediate response to a call and email sent to her spokesperson.
“I see a lot of little short dark people,” Martinez said in reference to a particular area of the largely Hispanic Koreatown neighborhood. Bonin and his husband, Sean Arian, issued a statement calling on Martinez, De León and Herrera to resign.
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