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Martinez provided a statement in the Los Angeles Times apologizing, "In a moment of intense frustration and anger, I let the situation get the best of me. I hold myself accountable for these comments. For that I am sorry." [41] Bonin's family replied in a tweet condemning the racist comments and demanding Martinez's resignation. [12]
Nury Martinez (born July 9, 1973) is an American former politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 6th district from 2013 until her resignation in 2022. A former member of the Democratic Party , Martinez became president of the Los Angeles City Council in December 2019, after serving as the council's president pro ...
The scandal engulfing Los Angeles City Councilmember Nury Martinez comes at a volatile time in city politics, with a consequential election just weeks away.
A leaked recording of L.A. City Council members and a labor official includes racist remarks. Council President Nury Martinez apologizes; Councilmember Kevin de León expresses regret.
In racist comments against Black and Indigenous people, Martinez exposed a blinkered tradition of defining the Latino community that may be on the way out. How the Nury Martinez scandal strikes at ...
Nury Martinez became the first Latina to hold the powerful post of Los Angeles City Council president. She gave up that position Monday amid outrage over a leaked audio recording in which she ...
"It is with a broken heart that I resign my seat for Council District 6," Nury Martinez wrote in a statement. Nury Martinez resigns from L.A. City Council in wake of audio leak scandal Skip to ...
Nury Martinez, who stepped down as president of the Los Angeles City Council this week after the release of a 2021 recording that captured her making racist remarks, resigned altogether from the ...