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1:04Now PlayingThe Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a leaked audio recording of councilmembers that led to the resignation of Nury Martinez.
RELATEDNury Martinez resigns from Los Angeles City Council over racist comments
Leadership behind the second most-populous city in the country was in a state of uncertainty as the Los Angeles City Council's former president, Nury Martinez, resigned in disgrace after audio leaked of her using racist language.
The development happened after Martinez, a rising star in California politics, already announced she was taking a leave of absence and resigned her post leading the 15-member body. The announcement came hours after a rowdy city council meeting ended with protesters drowning out officials. They demanded all officials on the recording resign. "It is with a broken heart that I resign my seat for Council District 6, the community I grew up in and my home," Martinez said in a statement.
In the recording obtained by the Times, Martinez could be heard making racist statements about a white councilmember's child, saying her colleague, Mike Bonin, “handled his young Black son as though he were an accessory" and describing the colleague's son in Spanish as “like a monkey.”
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