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Photos: High emotion at first City Council meeting following leaked audio of Nury Martinez’s racists remarks

By Irfan Khan
 and Gary Coronado
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Emotions ran high at the first Los Angeles City Council meeting following the leaked audio in which former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez is heard making racists remarks about a fellow council member’s son.

Prior to the meeting, Martinez issued a statement saying that she was taking a leave of absence.

For the record:

12:52 p.m. Oct. 12, 2022An earlier photo caption identified the individual in the top photo as Earl Ofari Hutchinson. The person is Greg Akili.

Councilmember Mike Bonin appears to wipe a tear from his eye at a council meeting
Councilmember Mike Bonin gets emotional as he addresses the general public at Tuesday’s L.A. City Council meeting.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Protesters block Main Street while the Los Angeles City Council meeting is in session at Los Angeles City Hall.
(Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
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Protestors get emotional at the Los Angeles City Council meeting at city hall,
A protester speaks out at Tuesday’s meeting.
(Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
A traditional Oaxaquena band plays while protestors block Main Street during the Los Angeles City Council meeting.
A traditional Oaxaquena band plays while protesters block Main Street during the council’s meeting.
(Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
A woman yells and raises her arm in protest
Veronica Sance rallies outside Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Pastor Thembekila Coleman-Smart and others raise their hands and voices at a council meeting
Pastor Thembekila Coleman-Smart and others demand the resignation of Nury Martinez at Tuesday’s council meeting.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Mitch O'Farrell, center, and Councilwoman Nithya Raman talk to council members Gil Cedillo, left, and Kevin de Leon
Acting council President Mitch O’Farrell, center, and Councilwoman Nithya Raman talk to Councilmembers Gil Cedillo, left, and Kevin de León, who are under pressure from the public to resign.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Irfan Khan

Irfan Khan was a staff photographer with the Los Angeles Times from 1996 to 2024. He previously served as a freelance photographer for the publication beginning in 1989. Khan started his career as a commercial photographer in 1973 in Pakistan and moved to Dubai in 1977, where he worked for an advertising agency and at a leading English newspaper. Khan’s assignments have taken across Southern California and the U.S. Internationally, he has photographed the Hajj in Saudi Arabia and war zones of the Pakistan/Afghanistan border in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for coverage of the 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino. In his spare time, he enjoys listening to semi-classical music of the Indian subcontinent and playing cricket on Sundays.

Gary Coronado

Gary Coronado was a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times from 2016-24. He is a 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature photography for images of Central Americans risking life and limb as they jump aboard the trains from southern Mexico bound for the United States and a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist in breaking news photography for team coverage of hurricanes. He began freelancing for the Orange County Register and relocated to South Florida in 2001, when he was awarded a fellowship through the Freedom Forum. Coronado grew up in Southern California and graduated from USC.

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