Los Angeles city council president resigns from post over racist comments
by Samira Asma-Sadeque and Dani Anguiano from US news | The Guardian on (#64JQ7)
In leaked audio clips from October 2021, Nury Martinez can be heard making disparaging comments about a colleague's Black son
The president of the Los Angeles city council has stepped down after a series of bombshell audio clips captured her calling a colleague's Black son a little monkey", among other racist and disparaging remarks.
Nury Martinez apologized for the October 2021 remarks during a meeting over redistricting with fellow council members Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo and labor leader Ron Herrera, and stepped down as city council president on Monday.
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