LA City Council President Nury Martinez is in hot water for some incredibly racist remarks made about a fellow council member, his son, and Los Angeles County District George Gascón —now calls for her resignation are growing louder.
From Fox News:
The Los Angeles Times first reported about the audio recording on Sunday of a conversation that happened back in October 2021 between Martinez, Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León and L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera while discussing the redrawing of districts.
According to the Times, Martinez criticized another colleague, Councilmember Mike Bonin, who is White, over the parenting of his Black son, who she said he treated like an “accessory.”
Martinez remarked on the toddler’s behavior during a Martin Luther King Day parade, saying that the float would have tipped over if she and the other women present didn’t step in to “parent this kid.”
“They’re raising him like a little White kid,” Martinez said, according to the recording leaked on Reddit. “I was like, ‘This kid needs a beatdown. Let me take him around the corner and then I’ll bring him back.”‘
Martinez also called Bonin’s son “ese changuito,” Spanish for “that little monkey.”
De León chimed in, comparing Bonin’s handling of the toddler to “when Nury brings her little yard bag or the Louis Vuitton bag.” “Su negrito, like on the side,” Martinez added.
Condemning the comments made by his Latino colleagues, Bonin issued a family statement Sunday.
“We are appalled, angry and absolutely disgusted that Nury Martinez attack our son with horrific racist slurs, and talked about her desire to psychically harm him,” Bonin and his partner, Sean Arian, wrote. “It’s vile abhorrent and utterly disgraceful. The City Council needs to remove her as Council President immediately, and she needs to resign from office.”
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Martinez also derided Los Angeles County District George Gascón after the group pondered whether Gascón would endorse Cedillo in his re-election campaign against Eunessis Hernandez.
“F— that guy … He’s with the Blacks,” Martinez is heard saying, according to FOX 11 Los Angeles.
Our family statement about today's ugly and hateful news. pic.twitter.com/0fPPXwsS5B
— Mike Bonin (@mikebonin) October 9, 2022
Protestors have gathered outside of the Council president’s home calling for her resignation.
https://twitter.com/pharaohjones3/status/1579309955630641153?s=61&t=42E-5JWvUQcmYMnS3BsdIA
Outside the home of LA City Council President Nury Martinez, protesters are asking for her resignation and playing the leaked recordings on a loudspeaker. pic.twitter.com/PJNgXOpfQG
— Jon peltz (@JonnyPeltz) October 10, 2022
Protesters gathered outside the home of Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez and called on her to resign on Sunday, after a year-old audio recording emerged of her making racist remarks about a council member's Black son. https://t.co/tZeazJH3UF pic.twitter.com/myrmVXEtvH
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 10, 2022
Listen to a clip of the audio below [GRAPHIC LANGUAGE WARNING]:
In leaked audio, Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez says of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón: “Fuck that guy, he’s with the Blacks.”https://t.co/RY0DbwZkAE
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) October 9, 2022
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