Ex-L.A. City Council Boss Resigns After Leak of Racist Rant

Posted on AllSides October 12th, 2022
From The Left
Irfan Khan

Nury Martinez, the former president of the Los Angeles City Council who stepped down from her leadership post after a leaked audio recording captured her using despicably racist language about a Black child, called it quits on Wednesday.

In a statement, the Democrat resigned, acknowledging what had become increasingly clear in the wake of days of protests after the leak: that her remaining in office was untenable.

“It is with a broken heart that I resign my seat for Council District 6, the community I grew up in and my...

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