Racist remarks and intimidation attempts from Los Angeles leaders and labor officials. "Racism in any form has no place in the House of Labor," interim federation President Thom Davis said in a statement Tuesday. Prior to the Times story coming out, a lawyer for the labor federation tried to bully the Times into not publishing it. "It is imperative for this reason, and to avoid harm to innocent people, that the LA Times refrains from publishing anything from the illegal recording." If the recording was made illegally, any criminality accrues to the person who made the recording; the Los Angeles Times is not breaking any laws by reporting on it.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 13, 2022 19:24 UTC