Driving the news: In a statement announcing her resignation, Martinez asked for forgiveness “from my colleagues and the people of this city that I love so much.”

“In the end, it is not my apology that matters most; it will be the actions I take from today forward. I hope you will give me the opportunity to make amends. Therefore, I am immediately resigning as President of Los Angeles City Council,” the statement continued. The California and Los Angeles chapters of the NAACP demanded late Sunday that Martinez and the others resign after the Los Angeles Times reported that he called a black child a monkey. NAACP chapters also called on Council members Gil Cedillo, Kevin de León and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera to resign for participating in a debate with anti-Black and anti-Native American comments.

Details: Martinez referred to a white councilman’s child, who is black, as “ese changuito,” or that little monkey, during a Martin Luther King Jr. parade.

Martinez also said the councilman, Mike Bonin, treated his son like he was an “accessory.” He also referred to Bonin as a “little b—h.” Herrera suggested that Bonin take his young son out in public as a lawn jockey, the racist effigies used to invoke the pronominal South.

Martinez is also heard mocking Native Americans from the Mexican state of Oaxaca who have immigrated to Los Angeles.

He referred to them as “little dark people” and called them “ugly”.

What they say: “This kind of overt racism has no place in political discourse,” said Rick L. Callender, president of the CA/HI State Conference of the NAACP.

“We clearly know where your heart and mind lie, both corroded by the rust of racism and hatred.”

Meanwhile, Los Angles Oaxacan chef, restaurateur and Gold Award recipient Bricia Lopez joined the calls for her resignation on social media.

Word of mouth (of Nury Martinez) cut deep in LA’s Oaxaca community. I’ve faced my fair share of racism. But it’s ten times worse when it comes from a brunette and a woman. Girl you need to quit,” she tweeted.

Zoom: The secretly recorded conversation revolved around aldermen’s frustration that the growing Latino population did not result in more Latino council districts and concerns that Black leaders were keeping some Blacks in their majority.

Martinez, De Leon and Herrera issued statements apologizing for their roles in the conversation. Cedillo told the Los Angeles Times that he did not remember the conversation.

Note: Protesters demonstrated outside Martinez’s home and played parts of the recording on Sunday. Los Angeles police were later seen in a video shared on social media trying to move the crowd away from her home.

Further protests were planned for Monday, with images shared on social media showing demonstrations outside de Leon’s home.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a statement from Martinez confirming her resignation and details of further protests. The title has also been updated.