Door displaying 'Black Lives Matter' toppled at Chapel Hill church

This all happened last Thursday at University United Methodist Church on Franklin Street.

Pastor Justin Coleman says a UNC student saw this, picked both the cross and door up and notified the church.

"Sometimes disagreement these days is met with hostility, so even if you have a different understanding about a subject matter, it doesn’t warrant hostility," Coleman said.

And he says this is not the first time something like this has happened.

"The door has been knocked down a couple of times," Coleman said. "Previous iterations of it have been kicked in and damaged in various ways. You really have to work to knock these doors down; they’re placed in the ground in a very sturdy way."

Even though the damage is done, Coleman says this will not stop them from getting their message across.

"We believe in picking it back up just like we believe picking up and supporting everyone who’s been knocked down," Coleman preached. "We will keep the door propped up so that it’s a visible sign that no matter how many times you you knock it down, we will keep on placing it back up."