In this surreptitiously recorded conversation from October 2021, Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez — while speaking with Councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo as well as Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera — made racist remarks and insults about various elected officials. Martinez focused in particular on Councilmember Mike Bonin, who is white, and Bonin’s young son, who is Black. The conversation focused heavily on the councilmembers’ frustration with maps that had been proposed by the city’s 21-member redistricting commission. AdvertisementIt remained private for nearly a year, until a leaked recording in recent days, just a month before a pivotal city election. It is unclear who recorded the audio, who uploaded it to Reddit and whether anyone else was present.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 12, 2022 02:31 UTC