An Alabama mayor has resigned from his role after reportedly posting comments on Facebook about the Crimson Tide’s video supporting Black Lives Matter.
The Carbon Hill town council has not yet approved the resignation, but an emergency meeting will be held Wednesday, according to a report published Monday by the Associated Press.
Chambers reportedly published a post Saturday on Facebook saying he was selling his University of Alabama football photos because of the team’s “sorry” political beliefs.
“The Tide is done in my opinion,” Chambers reportedly said.
The Facebook post comes after the Crimson Tide football team released an anti-racism video on June 25. The video featured head coach Nick Saban along with many prominent players from the team.
“In this moment in history, we can’t be silent.” pic.twitter.com/YF4ndJSpa0
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) June 25, 2020
“We are a team, Black, white, brown,” the team said in the video. “Together, we are a family. We are brothers who represent ourselves, our families, our hometowns, our university and our country.”
“In this moment in history, we can’t be silent,” Saban said in the video. “We must speak up for our brothers and sisters, for our sons and daughters. Until I listen with an open heart and mind, I can’t understand his experience and his pain.” (RELATED: Alabama Has The Most Wins In The SEC In The Past 10 Years, LSU Is Second)
“All lives can’t matter until Black lives matter,” the team ended the video with.
The Carbon Hill Mayor previously received backlash after making a Facebook post about “baby killers” and “socialists,” according to AP.
“The only way to change it would be to kill the problem out,” Chambers wrote at the time, AP reported.