CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - A Charlottesville City Council member is resigning from his teaching position after he recently came under fire for crude tweets he made years ago that disparaged white people.
News outlets report Wes Bellamy announced in a statement Monday that he has decided to resign from his post at Albemarle High School.
Bellamy was placed on administrative leave after the tweets - which some officials described as racist, sexist, homophobic - surfaced last month.
Bellamy, who is black, apologized in a Facebook post for the messages, and later resigned from his seat on the Virginia Board of Education.
Bellamy says he has three years remaining on the City Council, where he also holds the ceremonial title of vice mayor. He received the most votes in last year’s council election.
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