Two missing rifles loaned to the Des Plaines Police Department by the Department of Defense have failed to turn up following an internal investigation, authorities said Tuesday....

TPD says they received a report of a fight involving multiple people with bats. Witnesses told officers one man was armed with a machete.

When officers arrived, they say they found four people who matched the descriptions of witnesses. The suspects told police that the incident began when a father began threatening two of the suspects with a machete. That's when a fight began, according to police.

While questioning the individuals, police say they became "uncooperative." TPD arrested the four men for "aggravated assault on a police officer."

Officers used pepper spray on the suspects, but the men continued to physically fight with officers.

Police say during the incident, one of the suspects dogs bit three officers. Two officers have minor injuries but they did not have to be transported to a hospital. They also did not require stitches. Police used a taser on the dog to stop the attack, but they say the dog is okay. The dog is now being held at Pima Animal Care Center. It will be quarantined for 10 days until it's determined that the dog does not have rabies.

Rep. Hank Johnson sent a “Dear Colleague” letter Thursday morning alerting lawmakers that he is putting forward the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act. The action comes in the wake of a policeman shooting an unarmed black man that has created an increasingly tense relationship between the police and the city’s largely African-American population. The response of local police, including the use of tear gas on protesters, has been criticized as overly aggressive.
“Our main streets should be a place for business, families, and relaxation, not tanks and M16s,” Johnson wrote. “Unfortunately, due to a Department of Defense (DOD) Program that transfers surplus DOD equipment to state and local law enforcement, our local police are quickly beginning to resemble paramilitary forces.”

Further, Johnson said the legislation would “end the free transfers of certain aggressive military equipment to local law enforcement and ensure that all equipment can be accounted for."

Expectant mother Ashley Brown had turned into the driveway of her mother’s home in Rittman last fall when two police cruisers pulled up behind, blocking her in.

As her distraught 13-year-old sister looked on, officers informed Brown she was under arrest on a felony warrant for trafficking dangerous drugs.

But there was a problem: Police had the wrong woman.

Never questioned before her arrest, 23-year-old Brown — who at the time was eight months pregnant — spent the weekend in the Medina County Jail before making bail.

“I thought I was going to prison when I was innocent and I wouldn’t be able to see my daughter,” she said. “I mean, there are no words to describe that.”

Eight months of court battles later, she and her attorney finally got police and prosecutors to concede the mistake and drop the charges.

issouri state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal confronted Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson during a press conference Wednesday, asking why she was tear-gassed during a nonviolent protest.

Chappelle-Nadal, a Democrat, said she had been tear-gassed while peacefully protesting the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed African-American teenager shot to death by a police officer on Saturday.

"I just wanted to know if I was going to be gassed again, like I was on Monday night," Chappelle-Nadal asked. "We couldn't get out, and we were peacefully sitting. I Just wanted to know if I'm going to be gassed again?"

"I hope not," Jackson replied.

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She continued: “I'm the senator for the area, and I felt threatened. Everyone felt threatened."

Chapelle-Nadal said Jackson's response was "bullshit."

"He blew me off," she said. "It was bullshit, and the thing is ... I don't tell people when I'm out with these kids, 'Hey, I'm your senator.' But I don't care about that, I care about these kids."