‘It Should Have Never Come to Blows’: llinois Mayor Hit with Lawsuit After Losing Shoe and Allegedly Her Wig While Helping Boyfriend Attack Activist During Town Meeting In Viral Video

The walls appear to be closing in on the controversial mayor of a small, underserved Chicago suburb one month after she engaged in a physical confrontation with two constituents at a council meeting. The brawl came at a hearing over the alleged mismanagement of the township’s at-risk youth program by Mayor Tiffany Henyard’s boyfriend, Kamal Woods, and another man, William Moore. During public comments, activist Jedediah Brown called Henyard a “half-assed mayor” and accused her of “sleeping her way to the top.” Tiffany Heynard, the outgoing mayor of Dalton, Illinois (Photo: X) “You& gone, b-tch!” he concluded Woods is seen on video shoving a table aside and confronting Brown. The fight grew from there. Brown and another citizen, Lavell Redmond, have filed federal lawsuits against Henyard and Woods, alleging the brawl was “retaliation for exercising” the rights to free speech, expression and association. Henyard joined Woods in the fracas, throwing herself into the middle of the pile as punches were exchanged. “Tiffany’s in there!” some shocked onlookers can be heard yelling as the brawl intensified. The “forever mayor” — a title she gave herself after surviving a recall effort — lost a shoe and, according to some, her wig. “It...