Harvey Ald. Colby Chapman formally learned Wednesday a felony charge of aggravated battery to a police officer against her was dismissed, but she was not in an overly celebratory mood.

It was the second time in recent months the alderwoman, who represents Harvey’s 2nd Ward, faced charges she alleges stem from a political dispute with Mayor Christopher Clark.

Chapman was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct and resisting a police officer following a City Council meeting April 28. Clark ordered Chapman be removed from the meeting.

The misdemeanor charges were dropped last month, but the Cook County state’s attorney’s office then filed the felony aggravated battery charge.

“I stand as a testament to the power and truth of residents,” Chapman said Wednesday at the Markham courthouse.

During a brief hearing Wednesday before Cook County Judge Vincenzo Chimera, prosecutors said they would not prosecute the case.

Chapman said she hoped city officials “can move forward beyond where we stand,” and focus on important issues such as economic development, including bringing a full-line grocery store to Harvey.

“We live in a food desert,” she said.

Residents said that in order to complete grocery lists and pick up pharmacy items, they go to neighboring suburbs such as Country Club Hills, Markham or South Holland.

Chapman was joined by supporters including her mother, Deronda Powell.Powell also was arrested April 28, and charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest, but that charge also was later dropped.

Powell said she was handcuffed behind her back after a police officer grabbed hold of her jacket from behind.

Chapman turned herself in to police June 5, after arriving for a scheduled City Council meeting.

At one point, she said, she was “shackled from my wrists to my ankles,” and sat in the basement of the Harvey police station until 2:30 a.m. before being taken to the Markham courthouse.

“It was a very uncouth, very deplorable act,” Chapman said Wednesday.

Chapman’s mother said Harvey police “definitely know who I am,” and that it’s not uncommon for a police vehicle to be parked outside her home.

At the April 28 meeting, Powell said, she saw three Harvey police officers approach her daughter after Clark ordered her removal.

Powell said she got up and move toward her daughter and that, “as soon as they saw me they handcuffed me.”

Harvey police Chief Cameron Biddings said in a statement Monday the felony case against Chapman was due to be heard Tuesday by a Cook County grand jury.

He said police were informed July 2 the charges would be dropped.

“I am disappointed and concerned by the state’s attorney’s decision to drop felony charges against Alderwoman Chapman without so much as a grand jury hearing, despite the clear evidence that she struck a Harvey police officer while resisting lawful orders,” Biddings said.

Residents who were with Chapman at the courthouse said the alderwoman’s arrests for allegedly disrupting City Council meetings are part of a bigger effort by the mayor to quash public participation in government.

Clark opens council meetings by reading a statement warning that clapping, booing, cheering, shouting or any conduct “considered disruptive” is prohibited.

When disruptions occur, he uses a gavel to call the audience to order.

There have been times when Clark has cleared the council chamber for a time during council meetings due to supposed disruptions. Chapman supporters said those who make any noise during a council meeting considered disruptive, such as applauding a comment or action, face fines of up to $500.

“He chills the freedom of residents to actually come to the meetings,” said Melissa Crawley, who said she avoids council meetings.

At a May City Council meeting, not long after Chapman’s arrest on the misdemeanor charges, Clark abruptly cleared a packed council chamber, citing disruptions from Chapman’s supporters and residents.

“You have a chilling effect on people’s ability to speak their mind in public,” Crawley said.

Clark was could not immediately be reached Wednesday to respond.