On Tuesday, a pack Thornton Township meeting that began in high spirits, developed into a dispute after the residents got up to speak.
Communist Jedidia Brown’s supervisor Tiffany Henyard erupted chaos during the period of public comment after one.
After his comments, Brown was seen walking towards the table, where the Henyard and other township officials were seated before sitting, where he wandered around the back of the building, where the battle broke.
The Henyard was seen involved in the scuffle that broke between the defenders of his administration and the brown. Security officers at the township hall in South Holland eventually broke the fight before the police came a little before 8 pm.
The violence took place nearly six months after Brown was arrested after providing public remarks at Dolton’s meeting, where Henyard is the mayor.
There, he made critical remarks towards trustee Andrew Holmes, who was an ally of the Henyard, and began walking towards him, causing the police to push two people separately and arrested Brown. Brown said that after that Holmes bluffed him and instigated him.
Prior to Tuesday’s dispute, the meeting indicated hope for several community members, who packed the township hall basement. This was the first scheduled meeting with New Trustee Stephanie Widman, which was seen as a new face with activists opposing the administration’s administration.
During the meeting, Widman helped the township departments and officials enter the audit and investigation, there was a shortage of votes for the item trustees to first approve. Discussion of complaints against Township employees and in a closed session against Henyard, William Moore and Kamal Woods, the board voted to put both payments on administrative leave.
During the public comment, many residents congratulated Widman and thanked him for pushing back against the agenda items proposed by Henyard, which failed mostly on Tuesday.