Removing leaflet layers and L.marker method

I was wondering if anyone knows how or if you can actually remove a layer of points after adding them using this convention:

var pointsLayer, someFeatures = [{
            //Hard coded for now
            "type": "Feature",
            "properties": {
                "name": "Company A",
                "show_on_map": true,
                "icon": 'img/violations.png'
            },
            "geometry": {
                "type": "Point",
                "coordinates": [43.22519, -107.69348]
            }
        }, {
            "type": "Feature",
           .
           .
           .
   }];
for(w=0; w < someFeatures.length; w++){
                pointsLayer = L.marker(someFeatures[w].geometry.coordinates, {icon: violations})   
                    .bindPopup("Company: "+someFeatures[w].properties.name);
                    //add map points 
                    map.addLayer(pointsLayer);
            }

The typical removeLayer(pointsLayer); within a similar for loop does not work for me. But, that does not mean that there isn't a way to loop through. I am just not sure exactly how. I am trying to add points, which is working, and then remove them on an event (not working). Any ideas?