Los Angeles City Council President Resigns After Leaked Racist Audio

While speaking to other city leaders in a private meeting, Nury Martinez described a colleague's Black son as behaving "like a monkey." She also stated: "They're raising him like a little White kid, which I was like, this kid needs a beat down. Let me take him around the corner, and then I'll bring him back," she said in the audio. #nurymartinez #losangeles #citycouncil #newsy

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