Protesters jam Los Angeles City Council meeting amid outrage over tape scandal
City Councilwoman Nury Martinez — who resigned as City Council president on Monday amid a mammoth wave of outrage over racially insensitive comments she made in a recorded conversation last year — announced an hour before the meeting she was taking a “leave of absence” from the council.
The morning began with press conferences and protests at City Hall and promised to be a fascinating gathering on the heels of a scandal involving secretly taped discussions in which Martinez and two other council members — Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo — made comments that sparked relentless criticism and calls for them to step down from the council.
“We are not accepting apologies at this time,” said Pastor Stephen “Cue” Jn-Marie. “We are not accepting a leave of absence. We need you to be absent permanently. We need you to leave the building. Do not take a leave of absence. Do not show up at all. Resign immediately.” As the scandal widened on Monday, civil rights leaders urged Martinez and other leaders to step down, saying her resignation as the panel’s president was not enough after audio leaked the previous day of Martinez using a racist slur when discussing a colleague’s son.
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