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Testimony opens in Thompson obstruction trial
Jurors heard competing narratives Friday about the circumstances surrounding Rep. John Thompson s 2019 arrest during a hospital lockdown in Robbinsdale. Author: John Croman Updated: 1:25 AM CDT July 17, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS After three days of jury selection, testimony has begun in the trial of Rep. John Thompson on a misdemeanor charge of obstructing the legal process.
The six jurors and one alternate heard from starkly different theories from the competing trial lawyers about the circumstanced that led to Thompson s arrest in 2019 during a lockdown of North Memorial Hospital.
Robbinsdale city prosecutor Derek Archambault told jurors that Thompson interfered with an officer who was trying to restrict access to the emergency room, and contended the hospital went from a soft lockdown to a hard lockdown due to Thompson s demeanor.
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