Dem Official Resigns After Leaked Audio Exposes Violent and Racist Remarks About a Child – Report
A Democrat is resigning the Los Angeles City Council’s presidency after a leaked tape exposed her making racist and violent remarks about the black child of a fellow council member. Council President Nury Martinez…
A Democrat is resigning the Los Angeles City Council’s presidency after a leaked tape exposed her making racist and violent remarks about the black child of a fellow council member.
Council President Nury Martinez referred to the adopted son of Councilman Mike Bonin in racist terms in the leaked recording, made in the presence of other councilmembers Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo.
The council members in the recording — all Democrats — were discussing municipal redistricting in the conversation.
“Parece changuito,” Martinez said in the recording, which translates to, “He’s like a monkey” in English.
“They’re raising him like a little white kid … This kid needs a beat down,” Martinez said of Bonin’s son, recounting a situation in which the child supposedly misbehaved at a parade.
“Give me take him around the corner, and then I’ll bring him back.”
Bonin slammed Martinez for her nakedly racist remarks regarding his son in a response, calling for her removal from office and Resignation from the council in a Sunday tweet.
Martinez announced her Resignation