L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez Steps Down After Racist Slurs Against Black Child

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez (D) stepped down from her position as president one day after leaked audio showed Martinez making racist comments about a young black child.

Martinez’s resignation came after the Los Angeles Times reported on a leaked October 2021 conversation she had about redistricting with Councilman Kevin de Léon (D), Councilman Gil Cedillo (D), and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor president Ron Herrera.

In that conversation, Martinez made racist comments about Councilman Mike Bonin’s (D) adopted black son and suggested the two-year-old child needed a “beatdown.”