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Minnesota Rep. John Thompson s admission that he s held an out-of-state driver s license for years led a state police association on Tuesday to ask the Wisconsin attorney general to pursue charges against him, and it led one GOP senator to question the process for verifying where legislators live.
The Democrat, who represents part of St. Paul s East Side, has faced sharp scrutiny related to a traffic stop on July 4 and the subsequent discovery that he has a Wisconsin driver s license. St. Paul police released body camera footage Tuesday of the traffic stop, during which the state legislator who has been pushing at the Capitol to end such low-level stops told the officer that he was pulled over for driving while Black.
Minnesota lawmaker accused officer of racial profiling
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Bodycam footage shows Minnesota rep Thompson at a traffic stop accusing a cop of racially profiling
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Created: July 12, 2021 07:23 PM
Questions continue to swirl around Minnesota state Rep. John Thompson regarding everything from his residency to how he obtained a Wisconsin driver s license to the circumstances surrounding a traffic stop by St. Paul Police. On top of that, he faces an ethics complaint from a Republican Minnesota state representative who says Thompson called him a racist on the House floor.
Thompson hasn t responded to requests for comment from 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS but, on his Facebook page, he posted a message Sunday that said, I know why I have a (target) on my back. But just know slander wont (sic) work either!!! Im (sic) not going to stop applying pressure!!