The police chief said that all four people who took part in the secretly recorded conversation, two of whom are still City Council members, had requested an investigation into whether it was made illegally.
Three City Council members and a labor leader were captured on a recording using racist and insulting terms. They were focused on changing district boundaries to benefit Latino council members.
Scores of residents demanded that three City Council members resign — as did President Biden — over a secretly recorded conversation that involved racist insults and slurs.