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    Protests, anger, tears roil LA City Council meeting over leaked racist recordings

    by Dakota Smith, David Zahniser, Julia Wick and Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times Oct 11, 2022 4 minutes
    City Council President Nury Martinez at Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — The L.A. City Council struggled to begin its meeting Tuesday as Angelenos flooded the chambers and screamed with anger two days after a surreptitious recording surfaced on which Council member Nury Martinez is heard making racist remarks and denigrating colleagues.

    Then the crowd went silent when Council member Mike Bonin asked to speak.

    Martinez made racist remarks about Bonin’s son in the recording as her colleagues, Council members Kevin de León and Gill Cedillo, laughed and made wisecracks.

    “I take a lot of hits, and I know I practically invite a bunch of them. But my son? it makes my soul bleed,” Bonin said through tears. “Asking for forgiveness is a good first step.

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