As city councilor, Turner made headlines about national issues when he was quoted as saying that Condoleezza Rice working for the Bush administration was a "tool to white leaders. . . . It's similar in my mind to a Jewish person working for Hitler in the 1930s."

Turner also criticized then-Council President Michael Flaherty's use of Rule 19, which allows the council president to stop discussions on a matter, calling it "institutionalized racism."

Turner (center) and councilors Charles Yancey (left) and Felix Arroyo discussed the issue with Flaherty.

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