Los Angeles City Council candidate says 'F the police' in leaked audio, prompting blowback from police union

A Los Angeles City Council campaigner has travel nether dense disapproval aft she said, "F--- the police," during a meet-and-greet lawsuit with assemblage students successful which an audio signaling was leaked.

Ysabel Jurado, who is moving to unseat Councilmember Kevin de León, who has besides travel nether dense scrutiny for remarks made successful a leaked signaling successful 2022, was gathering with California State University, Los Angeles students connected Oct. 17 astatine the clip of the incident. 

Jurado was asked astir her stance connected spending discretionary funds connected constabulary overtime. 

"What's the rap verse? F--- the police, that's however I spot 'em," Jurado responded, appearing to notation the 1988 N.W.A. song, "F*** tha Police."

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Los Angeles City Council campaigner Ysabel Jurado is fending disconnected disapproval aft saying "F*** the police" successful effect to a question astir constabulary overtime during a gathering with assemblage students.  (Getty Images)

"I quoted a lyric from a opus that's been portion of a larger speech connected systemic injustice and constabulary accountability for decades," Jurado said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. "But it was conscionable a lyric — and I'm arrogant to beryllium accessible to young radical and students, listening to their concerns and treating them similar the aboriginal leaders they are.

"That's thing my hostile has failed to do. My committedness to nationalist information remains arsenic beardown arsenic ever."

In a connection issued to Fox News Digital, Dominic Choi, interim main of the Los Angeles Police Department said the operation is "disappointing and diminishes the hard enactment and dedication of the men and women of the LAPD."

An LAPD badge seen up close.  (LAPD)

"This divisive connection lone serves to erode what should beryllium a affirmative and collaborative narration betwixt the constabulary and the radical we serve," helium said. "Every time the men and women of the LAPD enactment their lives connected the enactment to support the radical of Los Angeles safe, and I privation much radical valued their sacrifice"

The Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL), which represents rank-and-file LAPD officers released an advertisement Tuesday calling for voters to take different assembly campaigner implicit the "foul-mouthed, immature and disrespectful f-bomb attack connected section constabulary officers."

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According to ineligible documents, Moonves sought confidential accusation astir a intersexual battle lawsuit against him from a now-retired LAPD captain. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

"Residents successful Council District 14 don’t request to conjecture astir however Ysabel Jurado feels astir constabulary officers," said LAPPL President Craig Lally.  "Ms. Jurado told them large and wide that if she wins, it volition beryllium 'F-the police,' and that means less officers patrolling neighborhoods and enforcing the law. It means much transgression and much victims of crime. Ms. Jurado does not enactment Mayor (Karen) Bass’s efforts to amended the constabulary section oregon prosecute much officers. She has nary concern making decisions astir the information of Angelenos."

Jurado noted that she was committed to public safety but that Los Angeles was teetering connected the borderline of a fiscal exigency due to the fact that of reckless fiscal decisions, including monolithic payouts due to the fact that of constabulary misconduct.

"I’m prepared to enactment with whoever I request to — whether it’s the LAPD oregon colleagues I whitethorn not ever spot oculus to oculus with — due to the fact that my precedence is delivering for our district, plain and simple," she said. "Our run is astir existent solutions, not distractions."

Jurado is trying to unseat De Leon, who faced disapproval for his engagement successful a leaked recording from 2022 that contained racist remarks made by different assembly members during a gathering with a labour official. 

Councilman Kevin de León attends Tuesday's assembly gathering arsenic protesters proceed to telephone for his resignation 1 twelvemonth aft the leaked audio astatine the City Hall connected October 10, 2023 successful Los Angeles, California. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The speech happened successful October 2021, but didn't travel to airy until Oct. 9, 2022. In the recording, De León, erstwhile Councilmember Gil Cedillo, erstwhile City Council President Nury Martinez and erstwhile Federation President Ron Herrera, were discussing ways to fortify Hispanic power amid territory bound discussions.

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The leaked speech caused an uproar astatine City Hall, prompting protests, with President Biden adjacent being asked to measurement successful connected the matter. 

Martinez was forced to resign soon aft the signaling was leaked, portion Cedillo mislaid his re-election bid, and De Leon resisted calls to measurement down.