Los Angeles city council president resigns from post over racist comments

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 León and Gil Cedillo and labor leader Ron Herrera, and stepped down as city council president on Monday.