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Daywatch: U. of C. professor faces felony charges after Broadview ICE facility arrest

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A University of Chicago assistant professor who was one of five people arrested during a protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview last week faces felony charges for allegedly spitting on an Illinois State Police trooper, according to court records.

Eman Abdelhadi, 36, was arrested near the facility on Oct. 3 as protesting continued outside the building for the fourth straight week, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office.

Abdelhadi faces two counts of aggravated battery to a government employee, a Class 3 felony, and two misdemeanor counts of resisting/obstructing peace, Cook County court records show.

In court documents, prosecutors claim that Abdelhadi “knowingly and intentionally” spat at the trooper at a protest line manned with state personnel. She faces misdemeanors for allegedly refusing an order to disperse and for pulling her arm away from a state trooper to prevent being handcuffed.

Read the full story from the Tribune’s Tess Kenny.

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