Key Takeaways
- University of Chicago Professor Eman Abdelhadi faces charges of aggravated battery against a police officer during her participation in protests at an ICE detention facility.
- Abdelhadi was arrested in October and then released on bail. She is scheduled back in court later this month.
- She has a history of contentious statements about her university and political figures, including telling the late Vice President Dick Cheney to ‘rest in hell.’
University of Chicago Professor Eman Abdelhadi is scheduled to be back in court Nov. 21 after she was charged by the state of Illinois with aggravated battery against a police officer in October.
Her arrest and charges stem from the sociology professor’s involvement in weeks-long protests outside an ICE detention facility in Broadview, Illinois. She is charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery allegedly against a police officer, as well as two misdemeanor counts of obstructing the peace.