
Los Angeles police were later seen in a video shared on social media attempting to move the crowd away from her house. Of note: Protesters demonstrated outside of Martinez's home and played portions of the audio recording on Sunday. Cedillo told the Los Angeles Times he had no memory of the discussion.

Martinez also is heard in audio making fun of Indigenous people from the Mexican state of Oaxaca, who have migrated to Los Angeles.

The California and Los Angeles branches of the NAACP demanded late Sunday that Martinez and the others resign.Therefore, effective immediately I am resigning as President of the Los Angeles City Council," the statement continued. I hope that you will give me the opportunity to make amends. "In the end, it is not my apologies that matter most it will be the actions I take from this day forward.He quit at a meeting of the labor organization's executive board, California Labor Federation head Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher told the New York Times.ĭriving the news: In a statement announcing her resignation, Martinez asked for forgiveness "from my colleagues and from the residents of this city that I love so much.".Herrera also submitted his resignation on Monday night over his involvement in the racist conversation, per Times.Martinez resigned from leadership on Monday, but her statement did not say whether she would step down from the council altogether. Martinez also describes Nazarian as “the guy with the one eyebrow” later on.

"I’m not - I’m not cutting that deal with anybody because I don’t know.

Herrera suggested that Bonin puts his young son out in public like a lawn jockey, the racist statues used to invoke the antebellum South.Martinez also reportedly said that the councilor, Mike Bonin, handled his son as though he were an "accessory." She also referred to Bonin as a "little b-h.".Day parade, according to the leaked audio of a nearly year-old conversation. The latest: Protesters interrupted the City Council's Tuesday meeting with chants of "Resign now!" The Times also reported Tuesday that Martinez used derogatory language and stereotypes to refer to Jews and Armenians in the same leaked recording.ĭetails: Martinez referred to a white councilmember's child, who is Black, as "ese changuito," or that little monkey, during a Martin Luther King Jr. City Council member Nury Martinez on Tuesday said she would take a leave of absence after resigning from her position as president in the fallout of leaked audio from a meeting where she and two other councilmembers were recorded making racist remarks, the Los Angeles Times reports.
