After Monday night's Cleveland Heights City Council meeting, a 71-year-old woman is facing a misdemeanor charge for an alleged altercation between her and a council member, according to the City of Cleveland Heights.
Around 10 p.m., police were called to City Council Chambers after a verbal exchange between the two led to the woman allegedly throwing a water bottle at the council member, the city said.
The woman has been charged with disorderly conduct, a minor misdemeanor. The city said police are still investigating the incident.
Cleveland Heights Mayor Kahlil Seren released the following statement regarding Monday night's incident:
“Anytime a verbal exchange results in someone resorting to any act of physical violence, we should be concerned. This relatively minor incident is just a symptom of the virulent local political culture that we are seeing among some elements in Cleveland Heights right now. This is not unique to our city; we are seeing an uptick in political violence across the country. In this case, surveillance footage confirms the report, and we can clearly see what occurred. As a community, our responsibility is to stop exacerbating this kind of exaggerated emotional/political response because the next incident may be more severe and may not be caught on camera.”
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