UPDATE: Nury Martinez resigned as Los Angeles City Council president on Monday, a day after the revelation of a leaked audio in which she used racist terms, including one about the son of one of he…
called on fellow council members Nury Martinez and Kevin de Leon to resign after the revelation of a leaked audio in which Martinez makes racist remarks about Bonin’s son.— has rocked the City Council, which in recent years already has been the focus of a series of corruption scandals. Chief of Police Michel Moore called it a “dark day for our City of Angels.”parece changuito
Martinez also was heard chiding George Gascon, the Los Angeles district attorney, saying, “He’s with the blacks.” She also was heard mocking Oaxacans. Bonin also called for the resignation of Herrera and called out Cedillo for the “tacit acceptance” of the remarks. “This entire situation shows that City Hall is fundamentally broken and dysfunctional,” Caruso said in a statement.“Our city is in crisis. Homelessness is out of control, crime is on the rise, and Angelenos are being priced out of their hometown,” she said. “The challenges we face already threaten to tear us apart and, now, this hateful and shocking conversation among some of our city’s most powerful leaders could divide us even further.
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