In May 2017, Miss Black Texas 2016 Carmen Ponder, accused Commerce Police Chief Kerry Crews of calling her a "black bitch" during a dispute in a Walmart parking lot.

This week, Crews announced his resignation, according to FOX 4 News. 

Ponder, 23, said that she noticed a black truck driving haphazardly on her way to Walmart. Ponder drove around the truck after it cut in front of her.

According to her Twitter post, the man in the truck pulled up beside Ponder and he yelled profanities out of his window to her. He told her that he was giving his 14-year-old daughter a driving lesson. When Ponder addressed his actions as "illegal," the man called her a "black bitch." 

Ponder thought that the man was Kerry Crews, in part because of what happened next. It turns out, however, that the man was Michael Beane, a member of the local school board's board of trustees.

Trying to put the incident behind her, Ponder proceeded into the Walmart. But when she exited, an officer, who was not dressed in a uniform, approached her, telling her that she "better" apologize. That officer was Crews. 

Upon Ponder's refusal to do so, the officer grabbed her arm and despite telling her she wasn't being arrested, called in a uniformed officer to handcuff Ponder, who then had to spend time in jail.

Ponder stated that the arrest was solely racially motivated. The police department disputed that, although the charges against Ponder were eventually dropped. 

The attorney who is representing Ponder released this statement regarding her emotional and psychological state, "She feels humiliated and embarrassed because she's Miss Black Texas 2016. To be dragged through the mud for a legal issue and being arrested, it’s hindering her emotionally, her title and career path.” 

At a public forum this week, the city's mayor read a statement from Crews claiming that Crews was at fault for his unlawful arrest of Ponders, and that he has resigned over the stress and burden of the job. Beane has resigned his school board post as well.

However, Crews, a white man, plans to start a job the he and the mayor specially created for him: Commerce city manager. 

Go figure. 

"I am excited to continue to be able to contribute to the city in this new role," said Crews about his new job. 

Ponder, for her part, is pursuing a civil lawsuit in the hopes of getting a little justice.