Harvey Ald. Colby Chapman turned herself in at the city’s police station Thursday night, having been informed that a felony aggravated battery charge had been brought against her.

Chapman’s arrest came just one day after Cook County prosecutors dropped misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and resisting a police officer brought against her following a City Council meeting April 28. Chapman, who has been a vocal critic of Harvey Mayor Christopher Clark’s administration, says her repeated arrests indicate political retaliation.

“This is not justice — this is political persecution,” Chapman’s attorney, Dan Olswang, said outside Harvey City Hall ahead of a scheduled special City Council that was ultimately canceled. “Mayor Clark has a history of using the powers of his office to squash

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