LA mayoral race: Indian-American Nithya Raman apologises over Gates remark, wins Horvath backing
Indian-American Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman has apologised for invoking former police chief Daryl Gates, even as she picked up the endorsement of county supervisor Lindsey Horvath days before vote centres open across the city. Raman apologised privately to a South Los Angeles community group and on a podcast for her reference to Gates, Politico’s California Playbook newsletter reported on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Times reported on October 16 on the controversy over the remark in Raman’s race against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass.
Gates led the Los Angeles Police Department…
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