Embattled Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez has resigned from her 6th District seat. Her resignation comes just days after an audio recording of Martinez making numerous racial remarks about.
Embattled Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez has resigned from her 6th District seat. Her resignation comes just days after an audio recording of Martinez making numerous racial remarks about her fellow council members, a child, and the Los Angeles District Attorney leaked and one day after she resigned as president of the council.
#BREAKING Nury Martinez is resigning from the L.A. City Council after audio was leaked of her making racist remarks against a variety of groups while discussing redistricting.
Elex Michaelson (@Elex_Michaelson) October 12, 2022
As PJ Media’s Ryan Lendendecker reported, “the recording was of a conversation that reportedly took place in 2021 ‘during a private meeting with Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera,’ according to NBC Los Angeles.” Throughout the audio recording members of the city council — including council members Nury Martinez, Gil Gil Cedillo, and Kevin de Leòn, and L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera — can be heard, sometimes in Spanish, making derogatory and racists remarks:
Martinez called the adopted black son of Bonin “parece changuito” (meaning he “looks like a little monkey”).
