▲ 111 ▼ A New Jersey mayor had to be restrained after charging at a critic during a city council meeting (cdn.imgchest.com) submitted 20 hours ago by Orwi@programming.dev to c/crazyfuckingvideos@lemmy.world 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Bipauler@sh.itjust.works 6 points 19 hours ago (1 child) Context? permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 19 points 19 hours ago* Guy in the crowd said something about the mayors wife and kid who were in the audience, mayor “rushed” at the guy, was stopped by police, ushered out, mayor threatens heckler, heckler says he should resign and be arrested. Heckler has been a known opponent of the mayor for a long time so they’ve got history. Seems to me both of them are kinda not great people, tho I don’t have further context than that. Random article with backup https://nypost.com/2026/10/22/us-news/fuming-nj-mayor-charges-at-resident-during-fiery-meeting-i-am-fing-getting-you/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 19 points 19 hours ago* Guy in the crowd said something about the mayors wife and kid who were in the audience, mayor “rushed” at the guy, was stopped by police, ushered out, mayor threatens heckler, heckler says he should resign and be arrested. Heckler has been a known opponent of the mayor for a long time so they’ve got history. Seems to me both of them are kinda not great people, tho I don’t have further context than that. Random article with backup https://nypost.com/2026/10/22/us-news/fuming-nj-mayor-charges-at-resident-during-fiery-meeting-i-am-fing-getting-you/ permalink fedilink source parent