De León had not attended a council meeting since Oct. 11
During the Oct. 11 meeting, de León and Cedillo had to leave the chamber as protesters chanted. Martinez resigned shortly after the leak. All three council members have also been censured by their colleagues.
Among other comments in the recorded conversation, Martinez belittled Bonin, who is white and has a Black son, and criticized the child for his behavior at a Martin Luther King Day parade -- saying Bonin's son was misbehaving on a float, which might have tipped over if she and the other women on the float didn't step in to "parent this kid."
In October, de León told KBLA's Tavis Smiley that he does not plan to resign and attempted to apologize for his participation in the conversation. "I'm trying to allow some time to heal," he said. "I'm trying to allow some time to not be part of the chaos at this moment. That's what I'm asking for right now."
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