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An article by the LA Times is based upon a secret recording released a year-later of the 2021 meeting by select Council members as they discuss the finalized redistricting maps. None of the City Council members in the snippet the Times chose to highlight are up for reelection this year.
The motive for releasing the recording a year has not surfaced but a few scenarios are based on the fact the culmination of the November 2022 election is less than a month away:
Headlines suggest the racially motivated inflammatory statements as the entire context of the conversation. This is unsubstantiated as only snippets that support that narrative are presented.
(Nury) "Martinez said a white councilmember handled his young Black son as though he were an “accessory” and described Councilman Mike Bonin’s son as “Parece changuito,” or “like a monkey.”
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The participants audible on the tape excerpt, released to the public include: (Note year term ends)
The news of the inflammatory remarks has reached the news in the U.K.: LA City Council member forced to apologize after series of leaked, profane remarks about colleagues | Daily Mail Online
Racist comments in leaked audio involving L.A. council members - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)