Thief River Falls city officials charged after chair-swinging brawl

It started with a discussion about a kiddie splash pad. It ended with stunned Thief River Falls officials pulling two City Council members apart after a knockdown, chair-swinging brawl.

In between, Joshua Hagen and Jerald Brown went nose-to-nose, threatened to take it outside and finally went after each other in a committee room — punching, kicking, kneeing and tossing a chair as they wrestled to the ground, according to court documents.

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