Flint Councilman Eric Mays was removed from his council leadership roles after a contentious meeting Monday night, just weeks after he used a Nazi salute to address the body’s president.

City council voted, 6-0, to remove the councilman from his roles as finance committee chair and council vice president, video of the meeting shows. Two other members were not present to vote, MLive reports.

Mays earlier this month referred to Council President Monica Galloway as Adolf Hitler and gave her a Nazi salute.

On Monday, Galloway at first ruled he was out of order based on his behavior during the meeting, then ordered he be removed, the video showed. Mays yelled as a Flint police officer removed him from the meeting.

Councilman Maurice Davis, who motioned both that rules be suspended for discussion of leadership and for the removal, said the community was in dire need of good leadership and patience had run thin.

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“This community deserves better as of right now,” he said. “We need to change and strip Mr. Mays from all leadership positions.”

Contacted Monday, Mays said the removal was part of a political ploy in response to subpoenas filed investigating alleged influencing of the city’s mayoral election.

“In my opinion, I've been unlawfully removed and I think it's motivated by the action I had on the upcoming agenda,” he said.

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He noted it’s the second time in a year that he’s been removed from his role of finance chair, saying last year it came after filings a subpoena for former Gov. Rick Snyder.

Galloway could not immediately be reached for comment.

Contact Darcie Moran at dmoran@gannett.com.