BREAKING NEWS – Los Angeles, California – Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez resigned from her leadership role following a report about an audio recording that captured openly racist remarks made with other Latino council members last year, including those directed at a White colleague’s young Black son.
“I sincerely apologize to the people I hurt with my words: to my colleagues, their families, especially to Mike, Sean and your son,” stated Martinez. “As a mother, I know better, and I am sorry. I am truly ashamed. I know this is the result of my own actions. I am sorry to your entire family for putting you through this. When I was talking about spanking your son, I was only trying to be helpful, and it was nothing racist about my good intentions. All I was saying, most black kids know how to act in public, but since that didn’t include your son, I was volunteering my extremely aggressive assistance to straighten him out.”