COMMERCE, Texas (AP) - A Northeast Texas school board member has resigned a day after a police chief stepped down following a confrontation the two had with a woman who was Miss Black Texas 2016.
Commerce board member Michael Beane resigned Tuesday, citing a backlash and threats against him for his role in the May clash with Carmen Ponder.
Chief Kerry Crews resigned Monday.
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Beane acknowledged becoming angry following a traffic altercation with Ponder and following her to a store.
Crews happened to be at the store and intervened. The 23-year-old Ponder was arrested on a charge of evading arrest but it was later dropped.
Crews says in a statement that Ponder was disrespectful and he became “emotional.”
Ponder initially said she was the target of racial and sexist comments.
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