L.A. City Council Scandal Rocks City

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🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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During a raucous L.A. city council meeting yesterday, a crowd of demonstrators demanded the resignations of Nury Martinez, Kevin DeLeón, and Gil Cedillo, three council members who had been caught on tape making racist and derogatory comments about Blacks, Jews, Central Americans, and Armenians, among others. Amidst the shouting, the one moment of quiet came as council member Michael Bonin tearfully shared his outrage over racist remarks made by Martinez, the council’s Latina president, about Bonin's adopted Black son, who Martinez, using a racist slur, called a monkey in need of a “beatdown." Though Martinez resigned from her position as council president, none of the three members has offered to resign from the council. We’ll talk to political analysts about the fallout and the racial and political fault lines revealed by this scandal. Guests: Erika D. Smith, columnist, Los Angeles Times Saul Gonzalez, co-host, The California Report at KQED Gustavo Arellano, columnist, Los Angeles Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.6	From KQED in San Francisco, this is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. President Biden arrives in Los Angeles today. The day after, he called for the resignation of three L.A. City Council members
1:13.8	who were recorded making racist comments and disparaging colleagues,
1:18.2	including Councilmember Michael Bonnan and his black son.
1:21.9	My son?
1:24.1	Man, that makes my soul bleed, and it my temper burn and I know I'm not alone because
1:30.6	Los Angeles has spoken and it feels the same way.
1:34.6	Outrage and pain spilled from the crowd at a city council meeting yesterday, the impact
1:39.4	of the leaked recording in multiracial Los Angeles and what happens now, Forum is next.
1:49.0	This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
1:57.1	At an L.A. City Council meeting yesterday, protesters demanded the resignations of Nuri Martinez,
2:04.5	Kevin de Leon, and Gil Sedillo, three council members who have been caught on tape making
2:09.7	racist derogatory comments about black people, Wahakins, Jews, Armenians, and others, including
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