Two Thornton Township employees, Kamal Woods and William Moore, were fired following a physical altercation that erupted at the last township board meeting. The brawl started after a public commenter directed insults towards Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, leading to her allies confronting the commenter. The incident resulted in punches being thrown and security attempting to intervene. Henyard, who was also present at the meeting, was reportedly thrown to the floor during the chaos.
SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. -- The Thornton Township Board on Thursday fired two township employees after a brawl that broke out at the last township board meeting last week.One of the workers the trustees fired was Kamal Woods , the boyfriend of Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard . Woods ran the youth township program.Also fired was William Moore, also a Henyard ally.Woods and Moore were both suspended for work performance before the township brawl.
The brawl started after the public comments portion of the township board meeting a week ago Tuesday night. The last to offer public comments was Jedidiah Brown, who made a lengthy harangue directed at Henyard that ended with his calling Henyard a 'b****.'Before Brown could get back to his seat, Henyard's allies — including her boyfriend, Kamal Woods — confronted Brown. At that point, punches went flying.Several men joined the tussle, where people threw punches and started kicking.
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