Domestic battery charges dropped against Harvey Park District commissioner

The charges were related to a 911 call Lakeisha Brown made for police assistance at her home in December 2025. But when police arrived, she was arrested instead.

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February 11, 2026
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Domestic battery charges were dropped against Harvey Park District commissioner Lakeisha Brown-O’Neal last month.

Brown-O’Neal and her son were facing domestic battery charges following an incident with his girlfriend, Mya Postell on Dec. 29, 2025. Brown-O’Neal called 911 requesting police response to arguing at her home in Harvey. 

But when Harvey Police Department officers arrived, she and her son were arrested instead.

On Jan. 20, Postel moved to dismiss charges against during a hearing at Markham Courthouse. She did not disclose the reason for no longer wanting to proceed or testify.

Brown-O’Neal declined to make a comment.

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Amethyst J. Davis

Amethyst J. Davis is responsible for spearheading the growth and development of the HWH, including outlining the editorial trajectory and content. She was an administrator at New York University before launching her journalism career. She was previously a member of the Sounding Board, the community advisory board for Chicago Public Media, which includes WBEZ Chicago and the Chicago Sun-Times.

Amethyst is a 2023 Leader of a New Chicago award recipient, as recognized by the Field Foundation and MacArthur Foundation. She was named to Forbes 30 Under 30. In 2025, she received Public Narrative’s People’s Choice Award.

A Harvey native, Amethyst is a Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School (’11) and Thornton Township High School alumna (‘15) and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from NYU (BA’19). She is an alumna of the Data and Policy Summer Scholar program at the University of Chicago.

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