March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 July 2010
August 2010
September 2010 October 2010
November 2010
December 2010
January 2011
February 2011 March 2011 April 2011 May 2011 June 2011 July 2011 August 2011 September 2011 October 2011 November 2011 December 2011 January 2012 February 2012 March 2012 April 2012 May 2012 June 2012 July 2012 August 2012 September 2012 October 2012 November 2012 December 2012 January 2013 February 2013 March 2013 April 2013 May 2013 June 2013 July 2013 August 2013 September 2013 October 2013 November 2013 December 2013 January 2014 February 2014 March 2014 April 2014 May 2014 June 2014 July 2014 August 2014 September 2014 October 2014 November 2014 December 2014 January 2015 February 2015 March 2015 April 2015 May 2015 June 2015 July 2015 August 2015 September 2015 October 2015 November 2015 December 2015 January 2016 February 2016 March 2016 April 2016 May 2016 June 2016 July 2016 August 2016 September 2016 October 2016 November 2016 December 2016 January 2017 February 2017 March 2017 April 2017 May 2017 June 2017 July 2017 August 2017 September 2017 October 2017 November 2017 December 2017 January 2018 February 2018 March 2018 April 2018 May 2018 June 2018 July 2018 August 2018 September 2018 October 2018 November 2018 December 2018 January 2019 February 2019 March 2019 April 2019 May 2019 June 2019 July 2019 August 2019 September 2019 October 2019 November 2019 December 2019 January 2020 February 2020 March 2020 April 2020 May 2020 June 2020 July 2020 August 2020 September 2020 October 2020 November 2020 December 2020 January 2021 February 2021 March 2021 April 2021 May 2021 June 2021 July 2021 August 2021 September 2021 October 2021 November 2021 December 2021 January 2022 February 2022 March 2022 April 2022 May 2022 June 2022 July 2022 August 2022 September 2022 October 2022 November 2022 December 2022 January 2023 February 2023 March 2023 April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 July 2023 August 2023 September 2023 October 2023 November 2023 December 2023 January 2024 February 2024 March 2024
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
31
News Every Day |

LAPD Thinks Best Response To Leaked Recording Of Councilmembers’ Racist Remarks Is Going After Reddit Users

The Los Angeles Police Department is here to serve and protect… the powerful. The rest of you are on your own.

Earlier this year, someone leaked an audio recording of a closed-door meeting attended by the city’s Latino lawmakers. The comments made during this meeting were extremely disturbing, exposing the racism and bigotry of the meeting’s attendees.

In this surreptitiously recorded conversation from October 2021, Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez — while speaking with Councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo as well as Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera — made racist remarks and insults about various elected officials.

Martinez focused in particular on Councilmember Mike Bonin, who is white, and Bonin’s young son, who is Black. At one point, Martinez called Bonin a “little bitch” and referred to his son as “Parece changuito,” or “like a monkey.” She also said Bonin’s son had misbehaved on a parade float and needed a “beatdown.”

The recording didn’t surface until nearly a year later. It debuted at Reddit, posted by a now-suspended user. There’s more to the recording, none of it good.

“I see a lot of little short dark people,” Martinez said of that section of Koreatown, employing stereotypes long used against Oaxacans in Mexico and in the United States.

“I was like, I don’t know where these people are from, I don’t know what village they came [from], how they got here,” Martinez said, before adding “Tan feos” — “They’re ugly.”

Martinez says “F— that guy … He’s with the Blacks” while speaking about Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón.

The correct response from law enforcement would have been to do nothing. If councilmembers didn’t want to come off as bigoted idiots, they shouldn’t have said the things they did. But power protects power and the LAPD has decided to get involved, wielding a wiretapping statute in hopes of finding out who created and leaked this recording.

Police have sought a search warrant for the Reddit website as they try to identify the person who leaked a racist discussion between Los Angeles City Council members and a powerful labor leader, causing a scandal that has rocked the community and shaken faith in its lawmakers.

The LAPD is trying to determine the origin of the recording that appeared on the site in October, according to a Tuesday statement.

“The investigation involves interviews of persons present and any potential witnesses that have insight into this investigation. A search warrant request has been initiated to Reddit in order to identify the person responsible for posting the recording,” said the statement.

Wrong. Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. The problem is the councilmembers, not the person who leaked the recording. Chances are, the person who made the surreptitious recording had attended similar meetings, heard similar slurs uttered, and decided they’d had enough of it. This is public service. This is not, as the LAPD claims, something to be investigated.

Unfortunately, California is not a one-party consent state. According to state law, everyone being recorded must consent to the recording, which makes this recording illegal. Whether or not prosecutors think this is worth prosecuting remains to be seen, but for now, the LAPD is applying a tentative jackboot to the First Amendment, choosing to punish protected expression just because it has a statute it can abuse to deter others from similarly recording disturbing conversations between public officials.

The LAPD made a choice here. It could have taken a report from (presumably) a councilmember caught on tape and tossed the paperwork into a filing cabinet where it would never be looked at again. Instead, it decided it would help powerful bigots identify the source of the recording — something that will likely result in both civil and criminal cases against this person. The PD didn’t need to come down on the side of evil. But that is what it has chosen to do with its discretion. And now, a very powerful force is aiding powerful people in their quest to punish the person who exposed them for who they are.

Москва

Мечевой бой состоялся в павильоне «Спорт для каждого»

Top 5 Websites to Watch FREE Movies - TV Shows (No Sign up!)

I was diagnosed with cancer aged 39… you are never too rich, too famous or too young, says Dr Philippa Kaye

Top 10 Emmanuelle Seigner Movies

Top 10 Love Affair Movies of the 2000s and 2010s

Ria.city






Read also

Where to find Wrexham vs Mansfield on US TV: March 29, 2024

NBC4's fourth Puppy with a Purpose arrives in Columbus

Caitlin Clark, Iowa arrive in Albany; practices underway at MVP Arena

News, articles, comments, with a minute-by-minute update, now on Today24.pro

News Every Day

Top 10 Emmanuelle Seigner Movies

Today24.pro — latest news 24/7. You can add your news instantly now — here


News Every Day

The 10 Intense New Action Movies on Netflix That Left Me on the Edge of My Seat!



Sports today


Новости тенниса
Екатерина Александрова

Александрова впервые войдет в топ-15 мирового рейтинга



Спорт в России и мире
Москва

Sitronics Group рассказала о достижениях компании в области корпоративного спорта



All sports news today





Sports in Russia today

Москва

Sitronics Group рассказала о достижениях компании в области корпоративного спорта


Новости России

Game News

Красочное приключение Lona: Realm Of Colors перенесли на смартфоны


Russian.city


Москва

Шестеро детей пострадали в Москве из-за нескольких ДТП за сутки


Губернаторы России
Сергей Собянин

Удалось спасти: Москва не потеряла в больницах ни одного человека после теракта, сообщил Собянин


Заказать недорогой ремонт шкафов купе в Москве и Московской области

Музыкант удивляет публику: Революционный ремикс Бянки и Птахи - Тук Тук

Metaratings: "Спартак" может уволить Абаскаля по ходу сезона, клуб ищет тренера

Шапки женские вязаные на Wildberries, 2024 — новый цвет от 392 руб. (модель 466)


Консультации, Составление Договоров, Присутствие Продюсера при заключении договоров и переговорах. Лекции. Переговоры. Встречи и Обсуждения.

Новая программа пианиста Сергея Арцибашева: Бах, Моцарт, Шуберт

Рэпер ST признался, что не смог написать песню о трагедии в "Крокусе"

Александр Галич. "Облака". Поёт Антон Духовской.


Теннисистка Александрова оказалась сильнее полячки Швентек на турнире WTA в США

Рыбакина, наряду со Свёнтек, имеет 70% побед на WTA-1000 против соперниц из топ-10

Рыбакина о том, что не играла в Индиан-Уэллс из-за болезни: «К сожалению, восстановление заняло много времени»

Теннисистка Касаткина отреагировала на высказывания Винер о россиянах



«Радио Зенит» – информационный партнер форума «Мы вместе. Спорт»

Шапки женские вязаные на Wildberries, 2024 — новый цвет от 392 руб. (модель 466)

Пассажир рейса Москва — Пермь попал в реанимацию

Архитектурные доминанты округов Москвы


Новые цены на жилье утвердили в России

Водителя водовоза, врезавшегося в лайнер в Домодедово, парализовало за рулем

Всем по местам: в России назвали топ благополучных регионов

На Алтае подвели итоги работы центра одаренных детей за 2023 год


Посол: США рассматривают отношения с Арменией с позиции противостояния России

Бубнов дал прогноз на матч «Динамо» - «Ростов»

СК является одним из ведомств, эффективно противодействующих коррупции в России

Собираем урожай! Дынное дерево заплодоносило в «Аптекарском огороде»



Путин в России и мире






Персональные новости Russian.city
Денис Мацуев

Двое ставропольцев войдут в команду музыкантов Дениса Мацуева



News Every Day

The 10 Intense New Action Movies on Netflix That Left Me on the Edge of My Seat!




Friends of Today24

Музыкальные новости

Персональные новости