Protesters met with councilmembers Tuesday in their first meeting since the release of the secret recording and demanded three Latino councilmembers in the audio resign.

• The crowd chanted "fuera" — "out" in Spanish — and "we're with the Blacks" and "shut it down."
• Demonstrators vowed to keep protesting going until councilmembers stepped down.

Background: In a nearly year-old recording, first reported by the Los Angeles Times, then-Los Angeles City Council President Martinez made racist comments about a white councilmember's Black son.

• In the recording, she complained that another official was "with the Blacks" in a redistricting fight, and made racist remarks about Indigenous people from the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
• Councilmembers Gil Cedillo, Kevin de León and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera were on the call and did not challenge Martinez.
• Herrera resigned Monday, Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, head of the California Labor Federation, told KABC-TV.

Yes, but: Martinez resigned as city council president and announced Tuesday she was taking a leave of absence from the legislative body. She remains on the council.

• Cedillo and de León, who attended Tuesday's meeting, have apologized but have not resigned.

Of note: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, mayoral candidates Karen Bass and Rick Caruso, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and other members of the city council have called for all three councilmembers to step down.

Meanwhile, in a new recording of the same conversation, Martinez can be heard saying the "judíos" — which means Jews in Spanish — "cut their deal with South L.A.," the Los Angeles Times reports.

Zoom out: Martinez's racist comments came during a discussion about the once-in-a-decade redistricting process of the city's 15-member city council.

• The Latino population in Los Angeles has exploded while the percentage of Black residents has stagnated yet Black leaders were able to keep some Black-majority seats.

State of play: "There's an anxiety on the part of the African American population is they've been pushed out of these historic neighborhoods in South L.A.," Tom Hogen-Esch, a California State University, Northridge political science professor, told Axios.

• Hogen-Esch said the recording confirms the distrust among some Black leaders that some Latino elected officials don't understand the struggles of Black residents.

What they're saying: Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin fought back tears as he addressed the taped racist comments about his Black son at Tuesday's meeting.

• "There are a lot of people who are now asking for forgiveness. ... First, you must resign and then ask for forgiveness," Bonin said.

What's next: The crisis is unlikely to affect the upcoming mayoral election, but if the councilmembers refuse to resign and the protests continue tension will increase.