LA Prosecutors Won’t Be Filing Charges Against Two People Suspected of Secretly Recording Racist Conversation Involving Ex-Council President, Who Said Fellow Democrat’s Black Son Was ‘Like a Monkey’
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Los Angeles County prosecutors have concluded that a crime likely occurred in connection with the leaked recording of a racist conversation that led to the resignation of then-city council president Nury Martinez (Democrat), but they will not be filing charges.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the investigation traced the source of the recording to a residence linked to two former employees of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Santos Leon, and Karla Vasquez.
Despite indications of a criminal act associated with the recording, the district attorney’s office cited the lack of prior criminal records and a precedent of not pursuing felony charges in similar cases as reasons for their decision.
