Por: Los Angeles Times Politics October 11, 2022
L.A. City Councilmember Mike Bonin told those in attendance at Tuesday's meeting that he was outraged at racist and disparaging comments made by his colleagues and recently revealed in leaked audio recordings. In an emotional speech, Bonin responded to racist language used by then-Council President Nury Martinez and other councilmembers to describe his son, who is Black. These words, they cut and they stung, Bonin said. He described anguish... + full article
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The Los Angeles City Council canceled its Friday meeting amid demands for the resignation of two council members. The two members were heard on a recording leaked online where former LA City Council President Nury Martinez allegedly made offensive and racist comments about... + más
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Los Angeles Times USA Politics October 12, 2022
Mike Bonin’s first attempt to speak was unsuccessful. The boisterous crowd, enraged by one of the ugliest scandals ever to rock Los Angeles City Hall, demanded that there be no City Council meeting Tuesday without resignations first. Bonin slumped back down, emotionally spent,... + más
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about fellow council members.In a lengthy statement, Martinez, who served on the council for the past nine years, thanked her staff, saying, I'm sorry that we're ending it this way. This is no reflection on you. I know you all will continue to do great work and fight... + más
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In the scandal's aftermath, Bonin called for Martinez and de León to resign after making what he described as horrific racist slurs about his son. Protesters also showed up to Martinez's home on Sunday, calling for her to step down, as a chorus of city leaders and... + más
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. However, calls for her full resignation have only intensified among the public and her colleagues on the council.The City Council is set to on Sunday.The leaked audio from an October 2021 conversation became public when an anonymous user posted it on Reddit. In it, Martinez... + más
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by the Los Angeles Times.Among other comments, Martinez belittled Bonin, who is white and has a Black son, and criticized the child for his behavior at a Martin Luther King Day parade, saying Bonin's son was misbehaving on a float, which might have tipped over if she and... + más
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Los Angeles Times USA Politics October 10, 2022
Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez found her political future very much in doubt on Sunday, following the release of a recording in which she made racist and derogatory comments during a conversation with two of her colleagues and a high-profile labor leader. Three... + más
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