Afternoon Briefing: Protesters removed after disrupting Oak Lawn police meeting

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While Chicago police continue to investigate the case of a Logan Square woman found dead in a residence a block away from her home, a 34-year-old man, identified as her boyfriend by family, was charged with concealing a homicidal death.

Monday night, the body of Brittany Battaglia was found at a residence in the 2000 block of North Kimball Avenue after she was reported missing. Her friends and family said the last time Battaglia was seen was June 2, when she left her apartment in the 1900 block of North Kimball to go cook for a boyfriend.

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Protesters removed after disrupting Oak Lawn police commission meeting

Husam Marajda, a member of the Arab American Action Network, was removed from the Oak Lawn Fire & Police Commission meeting Wednesday, but pledged to return next month. Read more here.

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