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MYSTERIOUS: 2 - What They Never Told You

Questions remain about who recorded the audio that led to LA City Council scandal

An anonymously leaked recording of crude, racist remarks and political scheming that led to Council President Nury Martinez's resignation left behind a mystery: Who made the tape, and why?

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Los Angeles mystery: Who taped meeting with racist comments?

An anonymously leaked recording of crude, racist remarks and political scheming that led to the resignation of the Los Angeles City Council president and a powerful labor leader left behind a mystery: Who made the tape and why

The Independent UK

Bribes, kickbacks, secret recordings: A recent history of LA City Hall scandals

LOS ANGELES — The recent leak of a recording that exposed some of Los Angeles' top officials making abhorrent racist comments, disparaging multiple racial and ethnic groups, has rocked the City of Angels.

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George Skelton: De León and Cedillo abetted Martinez's racist talk. Now they're paying the political price

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The first step toward purging racism from our midst is to not talk like a racist.

Los Angeles Times

Biden can’t quit LA, or its complex politics, even as racist audio leak rocks the city

LOS ANGELES — What a moment for the leader of the free world to show up in Southern California.

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Union Group Tries To Bully L.A. Times Into Burying Racist Remarks

Plus: Copyright versus the internet, roofer helping rebuild hurricane-damaged Florida houses arrested for lack of Florida license, and more...

Reason

The mystery behind LA's racist tape scandal: Who leaked it — and why?

LOS ANGELES — Three Los Angeles City Council members went to a squat office building near MacArthur Park last October to seek advice from an influential labor leader about solidifying their grip on power.

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Robin Abcarian: Almost no one was spared in that racist conversation among top LA Latino officials

Since the entire city seems to be dissecting the secret Los Angeles City Hall recordings for expressions of hatred against every demographic group that is not Latino, allow me to chime in.

Los Angeles Times

Racist audio spurs chaos at LA City Council meeting amid resignation demands

Anger over a leaked audio of LA councilmembers with racist remarks have generated anger as President Biden joins calls for resignations.

Axios

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

LOS ANGELES — Politicians, religious leaders, activists and everyday Angelenos directed their fury at the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday, telling elected leaders about the rage and sadness they felt over a recording in which Council member Nury Martinez is heard making racist remarks and denigrating colleagues.

Los Angeles Times

Amid scandal at City Hall, President Biden to visit Los Angeles on Wednesday

LOS ANGELES — President Biden will arrive in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and he'll get an up-close look at an L.A. City Hall mired in scandal.

Los Angeles Times

In leaked recording, Nury Martinez makes crude comments about Jews and Armenians

LOS ANGELES — In the same leaked audio clips posted to Reddit in which former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez made racist remarks about Black people and Oaxacans, she also made crude remarks about Jewish people and Armenians.

Los Angeles Times

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

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.

Los Angeles Times

Nury Martinez taking leave of absence from Los Angeles City Council

LOS ANGELES — Nury Martinez said Tuesday she would take a leave of absence from the Los Angeles City Council, two days after a surreptitious recording surfaced on which she is heard making racist remarks and denigrating colleagues.

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The Guardian - US

Biden calls for resignation of LA city council members over racist remarks

White House calls recording of council members in a meeting last year ‘unacceptable’ and ‘appalling’

The Independent UK

Racist remarks spotlight rivalry between LA Latinos, Blacks

A leaked recording of crude, racist comments that resulted in the president of the Los Angeles City Council resigning from the post also provided a look into City Hall’s racial rivalries

Los Angeles Times

Head of LA Labor Federation resigns amid furor over leaked City Council recording, sources say

LOS ANGELES — Facing outrage over a controversial leaked audio recording with top L.A. city officials, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera offered his resignation at a Monday night meeting with the federation’s executive board, which accepted, according to two sources close to the situation.

Los Angeles Times

LA civic leaders call for Martinez, de León and Cedillo to resign from City Council

LOS ANGELES — The chorus of civic leaders calling for L.A. City Council members Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo to step down from the City Council grew louder Monday, as U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, Mayor Eric Garcetti and both mayoral candidates called on the embattled politicians to…

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Labor federation says leaked audio of LA City Council members is ‘illegal,’ vows to investigate and prosecute

LOS ANGELES — The leaked audio of then-Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez privately making racist remarks was part of a “serious security and privacy breach” at L.A. County Federation of Labor offices involving “illegal” recordings of “many private and confidential conversations in private offices and conference rooms,” the…

The Independent UK

Los Angeles Council president resigns after racist remarks

The president of the Los Angeles City Council has resigned from the post after she was heard making racist comments and other coarse remarks in a leaked recording of a conversation with other Latino leaders

The Guardian - US

Los Angeles city council president resigns from post over racist comments

In leaked audio clips from October 2021, Nury Martinez can be heard making disparaging comments about a colleague’s Black son

Los Angeles Times

Erika D. Smith: Nury Martinez's racism feeds into Black Angelenos' worst fear. It's us versus them

She called the Black child of Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin "changuito," or "a monkey," who gets carried around like a purse. "Su negrito, like on the side."

Los Angeles Times

Gustavo Arellano: Nury Martinez's rant reveals the worst enemy of Latino political power — ourselves

The more you listen to it, the worse it gets.

The Independent UK

LA council chief caught racially attacking fellow lawmaker’s son on hot mic

California lawmakers join condemnation of comments amid apologies

Axios

L.A. City Council member Nury Martinez to take leave of absence

The NAACP is demanding two other L.A. City Councilmembers also step down for making racist remarks.

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