LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 15, 2022 - - Hundreds from the Oaxacan community, along with prominent leaders from indigenous communities across California, finish their March for Justice at City Hall in d
owntown Los Angeles on October 15, 2022. Comunidades Indígenas en Liderago , in alliance with prominent indigenous communitv leaders across California were demanding for the immediate resignation of Los Angeles council members Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon after the release of a recording with racial and insensitive statements made by political officials.
"Your residents and our own colleagues have spoken," she said."It's time for you to step down so that our city can move forward and begin to heal and finish tackling the many important issues that have been placed on hold because of your refusal to do the right thing for the city. You're proving yourself completely unfit for office, and we're calling on you to step down now.
Dozens of angry callers — many using expletives and insults — flooded the meetings, attesting to the perception that the fragile relationship between the Black and Latino communities is in an especially precarious state. One caller used clown music to mock the chamber, while others suggested the removal of the entire council.
The virtual forums did not stop dozens of protesters on Tuesday and Wednesday from making their voices heard outside City Hall. A female caller at Tuesday’s meeting who did not identify herself by name vented frustration over the remarks."This is nothing new for us. We've dealt with this kind of specific racism towards Black Americans from the Latino community before,” she said. “We've been dealing with it for a long time."