Nury Martinez Steps Down as L.A. City Council President After Racist Remarks Surface
variety.comPat Saperstein Deputy Editor Los Angeles City Council president Nury Martinez resigned her post as president Monday after recordings of her making racist remark at a meeting were revealed on Sunday.
However, she did not resign her position on the city council, the L.A. Times reported. On Sunday, the news broke that an October 2021 meeting between Martinez, fellow councilmembers Kevin De Leon and Gil Cedillo, and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera was secretly recorded and posted to Reddit.
During the meeting, Martinez could be heard making remarks about city council member Mike Bonin’s young adopted son, who is Black.
The group also discussed redistricting of city council districts while disparaging other councilmembers. On the recordings, Martinez, who represents part of the San Fernando Valley, can be heard calling Bonin “a little bitch” and saying his toddler son needed a “beatdown.” De Leon’s statement said, “There were comments made in the context of this meeting that are wholly inappropriate; and I regret appearing to condone and even contribute to certain insensitive comments made about a colleague and his family in private.” Cedillo, who has already been voted out of office, apologized for not shutting down the conversation, but clarified that he did not make racist remarks.
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