Chaos erupted after community activist Jedidiah Brown called Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard an expletive.

During the brawl, Supervisor Tiffany Henyard herself ran from her seat at the table in the front of the room to intervene.

CBS2 reports that a member of the public took Supervisor Tiffany Henyard to task and used an expletive, sparking a brawl at Tuesday's meeting.

South Holland police ultimately had to clear out trustees, neighbors, and the news media after allies and critics of Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard let their fists speak for them.

WGN Investigates has the inside story of bad blood that boiled over into a brawl during a board meeting in the south suburbs on Tuesday night. The altercation came after more than a year of WGN Investigates reporting that exposed questionable spending and conduct by the self-proclaimed super-mayor Tiffany Henyard.

Witnesses say it all started when a community activist and frequent critic of Supervisor Tiffany Henyard told her, “You gone, b—ch."

A fight at the Thornton Township board meeting on Jan. 28 overshadowed what was otherwise the most productive session in three months.