WATCH NOW: It's the first meeting since the leak of audio of three councilmembers featuring racist language and political scheming that's sparked a multilayered public firestorm in the second-largest city in the nation.
It was the first meeting since the leak of audio of three councilmembersA Rough StartSupport for LAist comes fromCouncilmember and president pro tempore Mitch O’Farrell took Martinez’s seat on the top of the dais and got out a brief welcome before being drowned out by boos and chants from the crowd.
In this image taken from the video of the L.A. City Council meeting on Oct. 11, 2022, a crown of demonstrators shout at city councilmembers at City Hall. Many in the crowd directed their outrage at Councilmember Kevin de León, shown seated in the third chair on the left side of the dais, demanding he leave the council chambers. A few minutes later, he did.
“I knew that I did not want the story about virulent anti-Black racism to be centered on an angry white dad… I know that I can never really know or comprehend or feel the weight of the daily relentless racism, anti-Black racism that my son is going to face — but man, I know the fire that you feel when someone tries to destroy Black boy joy.”
Speakers voiced their disgust at the racist language used by Martinez and unchecked by her peers. Many called for Martinez, de León and Cedillo to all resign immediately.
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