Crude language and violence aren’t only for the U.S. Congress anymore. Native municipalities are beginning to comply with their lead, however even the scoundrels in Washington would possibly blush on the ruckus that interrupted an Illinois township assembly.
On the middle of all of it was Dolton Village Mayor Tiffany Henyard, aka the “Dolton Dictator.” Tuesday night time’s brawl got here throughout a tense dialogue over the alleged mismanagement of the township’s at-risk youth program by Henyard’s boyfriend, Kamal Woods, and one other man, William Moore.
Council members appointed a forensic auditor to trace how grant cash and township funds have been being spent. Woods and Moore have been positioned on paid administrative go away pending the end result of the investigation, prompting a standing ovation from the group.
Activist Jedediah Brown added to the strain throughout public remark when he known as Henyard a “half a–ed mayor” and accused her of “sleeping her option to the highest.”
“You gone, b-tch!” he concluded.
As Brown walked away from the microphone, Woods charged him, igniting the brawl.
Henyard wasn’t going to let her man combat alone. She is seen on video shoving a desk apart and working towards the fracas.
“Tiffany’s in there!” some shocked onlookers might be heard yelling because the brawl intensified.
Witnesses say Henyard threw herself into the center of the pile as punches have been being thrown. She misplaced a shoe and, based on some, her wig.
“I’ve by no means seen a politician leap in and combat like that – it was scary and horrible- It is a humiliation,” eyewitness Meghan Dudek advised NBC Chicago.
It was unclear whether or not the outgoing mayor — who just lately misplaced the Democratic nomination for Thornton Township supervisor however vowed to combat for her job, claiming she was defeated by “voter suppression” — was making an attempt to interrupt up the combat or lengthen it.
“It was one factor when the blokes have been preventing, however when she jumped in it, I used to be shocked. I used to be floored,” resident Alicia Nichole added in an interview with ABC7.
One other resident, Gerald Williams, advised the NBC affiliate the mayor had no enterprise getting concerned.
“It ought to have by no means come to blows,” he stated.
Police ultimately broke up the combat. No costs have been filed.
Henyard stated her boyfriend’s punishment was supposed as political retaliation in opposition to her. She’s threatened authorized motion.
It was only some days in the past that Henyard was present in contempt of court docket for allegedly stonewalling liquor licenses for months.
The homeowners of St. Patrick’s, an area restaurant, stated the mayor had repeatedly promised to signal the liquor licenses, which had already been accepted by the village board of trustees.
She lastly signed the licenses final week in court docket — underneath the specter of contempt. Henyard confirmed up half-hour late to the court docket look.
Henyard beforehand confronted accusations she used $7 million in township funds for a visit to Vegas, self-promotional billboards and DJs for presidency conferences.
