L.A. City Council racist audio leak, transcribed and annotated
LA TimesMore than a year after it was secretly recorded and a month after it was leaked, a backroom conversation among three Los Angeles City Council members and a prominent union president continues to shake city politics. Julia Wick, reporter “Curren” This refers to Curren Price, a political ally of Martinez’s and a two-term L.A. City Council member who represents Council District 9, which hugs the 110 Freeway immediately south of downtown. Kevin de León So he hasn’t gotten— Nury Martinez He’s gonna get arraigned on Wednesday, but I don’t think the meeting where they kind of show you, “Here are the options, this is what we got.” California The fall of Nury Martinez: A blunt talker undone by her words At L.A. City Hall, Nury Martinez has been known as a blunt speaker. David Zahniser, reporter “Latino districts with nothing” Over the course of this conversation, you will hear complaints — either directly or indirectly — about proposals to: — take USC and Exposition Park out of Councilmember Curren Price’s district, which is nearly 80% Latino; — take a big chunk of downtown Los Angeles out of Councilmember Kevin de León’s district; — and move key facilities or parkland out of Martinez’s district. Nury Martinez I go, “What is with, what’s with Bonin?” I said, “Bonin thinks he’s fucking Black.” “That guy don’t think he’s Black.” I go, “He thinks he’s Black.” I told him the same thing.
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