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Articles for Nury Martinez

Column: Nury, Kevin and Gil turn to the most weak salsa excuse of all for their racist remarks
1 year, 2 months ago

Column: Nury, Kevin and Gil turn to the most weak salsa excuse of all for their racist remarks

LA Times  

A protester at the Oct. 11, 2022, L.A. City Council meeting calls for the ouster of Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León after the leak of a recording on which the three council members can be heard making racist remarks. The voices — then-Los Angeles City Councilmember Nury Martinez, then-Councilmember Gil Cedillo, Councilmember Kevin de León, and then-Los …

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Column: A fading mural offers a warning to candidates seeking to replace Nury Martinez
1 year, 9 months ago

Column: A fading mural offers a warning to candidates seeking to replace Nury Martinez

LA Times  

It’s hard to figure out where the heart of a city council district is when its shape reminds you of brass knuckles. That’s what passed through my mind as I crisscrossed District 6, the collection of San Fernando Valley neighborhoods once lorded over by Nury Martinez before her career imploded because of the racist things she said about Black people …

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Nury Martinez is gone, but distrust remains high as Valley voters weigh a replacement
1 year, 10 months ago

Nury Martinez is gone, but distrust remains high as Valley voters weigh a replacement

LA Times  

The increase in private jet traffic at Van Nuys Airport is an issue in the April 4 special election to replace former City Council President Nury Martinez, who resigned last year. Voters in Nury Martinez’s City Council district were among those outraged last year when leaked audio captured her ugly remarks. Shianne Smith, vice president of Black Los Angeles Young …

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L.A. City Council racist audio leak, transcribed and annotated
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. City Council racist audio leak, transcribed and annotated

LA Times  

More 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 …

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City attorney files charges against protesters who disrupted L.A. City Council meeting
2 years, 2 months ago

City attorney files charges against protesters who disrupted L.A. City Council meeting

LA Times  

A Los Angeles City Council meeting erupted into chaos on Aug. 9 after a public speaker climbed over a bench and walked onto the council floor to confront then-council President Nury Martinez. Audience member walks onto the floor of the L.A. City Council, as the meeting erupts in chaos Los Angeles City Atty. National Lawyers Guild of Los Angeles attorney …

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Martinez’s resignation sets off scramble for mid-San Fernando Valley seat
2 years, 2 months ago

Martinez’s resignation sets off scramble for mid-San Fernando Valley seat

LA Times  

Before last week, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez oversaw a mid-San Fernando Valley district facing myriad issues, including homelessness, major transportation plans and the 2028 Olympics. “Someone who is committed to the community and not in it just for their political career.” Community members and political consultants are also talking about Assemblywoman Luz Rivas for the district seat, Montañez …

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Latino media grapples with how to cover the Nury Martinez scandal
2 years, 2 months ago

Latino media grapples with how to cover the Nury Martinez scandal

LA Times  

Portrait of L.A. Taco editor, Javier Cabral in the alleyway behind the Highland Theatres on Sept. 30, 2020. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, whose grandfather was born in Mexico, “is some kind of a Latino.” The three City Council members caught on the recordings — Martinez, Cedillo and de León — were Latinos. “It is necessary and vital that mass …

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L.A.’s Black-Latino alliance has always been fragile. Can it survive racist recordings?
2 years, 2 months ago

L.A.’s Black-Latino alliance has always been fragile. Can it survive racist recordings?

LA Times  

Jorge Nuño learned the hard way how race, power and politics work in Los Angeles. “I think that is exactly why people are so offended, because that is not who we are,” said Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who is Black and represents South Los Angeles’ 8th Council District. Richard Alatorre, the son of an East Los Angeles beautician and repairman, who …

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How the Nury Martinez scandal strikes at the heart of Latino identity
2 years, 2 months ago

How the Nury Martinez scandal strikes at the heart of Latino identity

LA Times  

Nury Martinez in 2019, upon being elected the first Latina president of the Los Angeles City Council. Jabs are exchanged about the child, with City Council President Nury Martinez cattily describing him as “an accessory.” The conversation is grotesque — a furnace blast of racist tropes and unvarnished political sausage-making. George Gascón: “F— that guy.. He’s with the Blacks.” The …

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The mystery behind L.A. racist tape scandal: Who leaked it — and why?
2 years, 2 months ago

The mystery behind L.A. racist tape scandal: Who leaked it — and why?

LA Times  

Questions are swirling about the origins of a recording that captured Councilmember Kevin de León and then-council President Nury Martinez, among others, making racist, crude and bigoted remarks. “My goal in life is to get the three of you elected, and you know, I’m just focused on that,” Ron Herrera, president of the federation, told Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo …

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Nury Martinez’s ‘little Latina girls’ line in resignation letter backfires: ‘Girl WHAT?’
2 years, 2 months ago

Nury Martinez’s ‘little Latina girls’ line in resignation letter backfires: ‘Girl WHAT?’

LA Times  

Nury Martinez, shown in 2020, resigned from the Los Angeles City Council this week after a recording of her making racist remarks was leaked to the public. Actor Melinna Bobadilla, writer Myriam Gurba and TV host Areva Martin were among many Twitter users who criticized Martinez’s announcement — particularly the part where the disgraced politician addressed “all little Latina girls …

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Nury Martinez resigns from L.A. City Council in wake of audio leak scandal
2 years, 2 months ago

Nury Martinez resigns from L.A. City Council in wake of audio leak scandal

LA Times  

Nury Martinez resigned her seat on the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, days after the release of an explosive leaked audio of a racist, crude conversation. “And last, to all little Latina girls across this city — I hope I’ve inspired you to dream beyond that which you can see,” Martinez said. In closing, she said: “While I take …

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Who will fill Nury Martinez’s council seat, and will there be a special election?
2 years, 2 months ago

Who will fill Nury Martinez’s council seat, and will there be a special election?

LA Times  

Nury Martinez has resigned from the City Council, but Councilmembers Kevin de León, left, and Gil Cedillo remain in their jobs. Martinez’s departure will lead to a special election, but many questions remain about what comes next for the City Council. Should it choose to move forward immediately, a councilmember probably would introduce a motion to call a special election …

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Racist leaked audio. Corruption. City Hall in chaos. L.A. politics faces a perilous moment
2 years, 2 months ago

Racist leaked audio. Corruption. City Hall in chaos. L.A. politics faces a perilous moment

LA Times  

The scandal engulfing Los Angeles City Councilmember Nury Martinez comes at a volatile time in city politics, with a consequential election just weeks away. Yet another scandal burst into public view over the weekend when the release of a secret audio recording revealed a closed-door meeting in which the City Council president, two of her colleagues and the county’s top …

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Column: Nury Martinez divided L.A. with racism. Can the next mayor help us heal?
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: Nury Martinez divided L.A. with racism. Can the next mayor help us heal?

LA Times  

For one last time before ballots start arriving in mailboxes for the November election, mayoral candidates Karen Bass and Rick Caruso will meet on stage for a televised debate Tuesday night. For much of that, we can blame Los Angeles City Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León and L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera. It’s …

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Nury Martinez also makes crude comments about Jews and Armenians in leaked audio
2 years, 2 months ago

Nury Martinez also makes crude comments about Jews and Armenians in leaked audio

LA Times  

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. In the recording reviewed by The Times, Martinez can be heard saying the “judíos” — which means Jews in Spanish — “cut their …

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Photos: High emotion at first City Council meeting following leaked audio of Nury Martinez’s racists remarks
2 years, 2 months ago

Photos: High emotion at first City Council meeting following leaked audio of Nury Martinez’s racists remarks

LA Times  

Emotions ran high at the first Los Angeles City Council meeting following the leaked audio in which former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez is heard making racists remarks about a fellow council member’s son. Councilmember Mike Bonin gets emotional as he addresses the general public at Tuesday’s L.A. City Council meeting. Protesters block Main Street while the Los …

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Breaking down crucial moments in the racist leaked recording of L.A. councilmembers
2 years, 2 months ago

Breaking down crucial moments in the racist leaked recording of L.A. councilmembers

LA Times  

In what they thought was a private conversation, some of the most powerful people in Los Angeles politics gathered to discuss the city’s once-every-decade redistricting process. Martinez and the other Latino leaders present during the taped conversation were seemingly unaware they were being recorded as Martinez said a white councilmember handled his young Black son as though he were an …

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The fall of Nury Martinez: A blunt talker undone by her words
2 years, 2 months ago

The fall of Nury Martinez: A blunt talker undone by her words

LA Times  

When Nury Martinez was growing up in Pacoima, the child of immigrants from the Mexican state of Zacatecas, she watched politicians from afar. … He’s with the Blacks.” California Photos: High emotion at first City Council meeting following leaked audio of Nury Martinez’s racists remarks The City Council struggled to begin its meeting Tuesday as Angelenos flooded the chambers and …

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Los comentarios racistas en el audio filtrado de los concejales de Los Ángeles provocan indignación y disgusto
2 years, 2 months ago

Los comentarios racistas en el audio filtrado de los concejales de Los Ángeles provocan indignación y disgusto

LA Times  

La presidenta del Ayuntamiento de Los Ángeles, Nury Martínez, que aparece en 2019, hizo comentarios racistas en una reunión de 2021, según una grabación revisada por el Times. Las palabras “Nury” y “dimisión” fueron brevemente tendencia a nivel local en Twitter el domingo, ya que tanto los angelinos de a pie como los conocedores de la política expresaron su conmoción …

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Political futures in jeopardy amid mounting calls for L.A. City Council members to resign
2 years, 2 months ago

Political futures in jeopardy amid mounting calls for L.A. City Council members to resign

LA Times  

Nury Martinez resigned as L.A. City Council president after audio of her making racist statements and disparaging other politicians was leaked. Calls for Los Angeles City Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo to resign continued to mount on Monday, as the fallout from an incendiary leaked conversation radiated through the city. Following outrage over the racist comments …

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Editorial: Resign, Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo
2 years, 2 months ago

Editorial: Resign, Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez should resign from the council. The audio was from a roughly hourlong conversation from October 2021 with Martinez, Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera. VIDEO | 03:12 City Council leader makes racist comments about colleague’s young son Council President Nury Martinez makes …

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Racist remarks in leaked audio of L.A. council members spark outrage, disgust
2 years, 2 months ago

Racist remarks in leaked audio of L.A. council members spark outrage, disgust

LA Times  

L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez, shown in 2019, made racist comments in a 2021 meeting, according to a recording reviewed by The Times. Martinez and the other Latino leaders present during the taped conversation were seemingly unaware they were being recorded as Martinez said a white councilmember handled his young Black son as though he were an “accessory” and …

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Column: Nury Martinez’s rant reveals the worst enemy of Latino political power: ourselves
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: Nury Martinez’s rant reveals the worst enemy of Latino political power: ourselves

LA Times  

The more you listen to it, the worse it gets. “If you’re going to talk about Latino districts, what kind of districts are you trying to create?” City Council President Nury Martinez said to Councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera, in audio posted on Reddit a month ago and …

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