The self-proclaimed “super mayor” of Dalton, Illinois and others were recently sued over a violent fight that broke out during a township board meeting.
Lavell Redmond and Jedidiah Brown filed lawsuits against scandal-plagued Mayor and several others. Both of the plaintiffs allege that the brawl constituted “retaliation for exercising” the rights to free speech, expression and association, court documents obtained by Fox32 show.
The violent brawl broke out after Brown, a well-known critic of Henyard, delivered scathing remarks directed at the “super mayor.”
“You’ve been a half-a– mayor. But if you wanted to get up here and earn some respect, then you should have been able to respond to Lori Lightfoot’s report about credit cards. You want to talk about them not coming to work, but we’ve been hearing what you’ve been doing while you’ve been at work,” Brown said during the public comment section of the township meeting Tuesday. “And I’m going to give away the rest of my time because I think, on behalf of the Black Cookout Association, that we better take a vote … that we’re going to exchange your Black a– for Stephanie to be the newer member.… So all those against it say ‘nay,’ all those in favor say, ‘aye.’”
“You gone, b—-,” Brown concluded.
Henyard’s boyfriend, Kamal Woods, then went on the violent attack. Woods is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit.
Woods and Brown were seen throwing punches at each other in a bystander video. Henyard also runs into the fray, but it is unclear whether she was participating in the fight or trying to break it up. However, she is accused of hitting Brown and Redmond with her microphone, according to both lawsuits.
Redmond alleges in his lawsuit that he tried to “mediate and prevent any physical altercation” before Woods got physical. According to the lawsuit, Redmond then punched Woods in an attempt to defend himself and Brown.
The South Holland Police Department and Thorton Township security are accused of failing to intervene in the violent brawl in both lawsuits.
Henyard has faced investigation over allegations of corruption and abusing the power of her office. (RELATED: Report: Ousted Chicago Mayor Hired To Investigate Democrat Mayor’s Alleged Corruption)
The city’s credit card spending also spiked to $779,638 in 2023, with little to no tracking.
“Many of the credit card expenditures have no accompanying receipt, and the statements alone provide limited information about the purchases,” the report says, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
City credit cards were also used to pay for large trips to Las Vegas in both 2022 and 2023, and the report claims, “There is no evidence that any business development opportunities came to the village as a result of either of these two trips.”
