My question involves criminal law for the state of: Indiana
Hello everyone; last night, I had friends over my house for a b-day get together. The kids were playing in the backyard and I was inside in the family room. All of the sudden, one of the kids came running telling me and my friends that a man with a bat was threatening them. The youngest one (5) was crying and the others were in visible stress and very scare. Meanwhile, my friends and I ran outside to see my wife confronting a man with a bat. They were talking, but he had a bat with him. The first reaction is to defend, but we just confronted him and there was no physical contact from either side.
My friend is a Chicago police office and was with me. He confronted the guy, showed him the batch and the gun, in case he had any intentions of using the bat. Words were exchanged and the guy said someone was throwing rocks at his house (he is three houses down facing my backyard. The kids say the never threw rocks and he did not see anyone throwing rocks, but said they were the only ones out there and "that's why your kids are like that because you people never supervise your kids". Sounded like a racial comment, but I ignored that (I am Hispanic). I told him that if he had come to my door and complaint to me or my wife, we could had talk to him. But to show up to my house with a bat and to go directly to the kids, that's another story. To me, this was not anymore about kids throwing rocks (allegedly), but a man trespassing my property with a bat threatening my kids (and friends kids).
The police came, we went to his house (he left). The policy kind of took his side, which was very frustrating and disappointing. They believe someone threw a rock and kind of dismissed the fact he took the law on his own hands. To make matters worst, my friend said that was assault, and the town's police officer said NO in a very final way. He even exchanged word with my friend saying "this is my town and you will loose here". The whole thing ended up in nothing but officers saying we "need to learn to live like neighbors" and talk problems through. They said that to file a complaint will be a waste because he would file one too about the rocks (with no material witness???) and it would be time and money on court and lawyers.
Is this consider assault? Was the police officer wrong? Is this how things of this nature are handle? This is my first time ever on a situation like this. My record is completely clean, I always live and follow the law, but was taken aback by how this situation was handled? Just looking for other expert opinions and perspective.
Thank you!

