A professor at the University of Chicago was arrested Friday and charged following riots at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) center, authorities said.
Eman Abdelhadi, an associate professor in the Department of Comparative and Human Development, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery against a government employee, a felony, and two counts of resisting or obstructing a peace officer after protests outside an ICE site in a Chicago suburb, the New York Post reported.
People in the Chicago area have staged repeated protests condemning the stepped-up federal presence in the city, leading to scuffling with hundreds of demonstrators.
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