Los Angeles City Council President Resigns, Apologizes After Leak Of Racist Audio Where She Called Fellow Council Member’s Black Son A “Little Monkey”
Los Angeles City Council President Resigns, Apologizes After Leak Of Racist Audio Where She Called Fellow Council Member’s Black Son A “Little Monkey”Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez has resigned effective immediately after an audio recording was leaked where she could be heard calling a fellow council member’s Black son a “little monkey.”Martinez has since profusely apologized amidst widespread outrage over the racist comments, which were reportedly made about colleague Mike Bonin’s young son in audio obtained by the LA Times. Council President Nury Martinez makes racist remarks in a leaked audio recording about Councilmember Mike Bonin's young son while Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León and County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera chime in. Read more: https://t.co/Fm6jf9p6g2 pic.twitter.com/09U8Mq8TOM — Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 10, 2022L.A City Council President Nury Martinez Resigns, Apologizes After Leaked Racist Audio While Speaking With Other Latino LeadersThe pair were forced to apologize Sunday for the disparaging remarks. Leaked Audio Caused Widespread And Immediate Backlash, Protests At Martinez’s HomeThe Los Angeles Times quickly obtained and published it, causing an immediate backlash as protesters flocked to the now ex-presidents home and called for her resignation. “It’s fair game to attack me but my son?” he added, calling for the resignation of all three city Latino council members.
Source: Los Angeles Times October 10, 2022 21:20 UTC
