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Newly released dashcam footage shows Michigan lawmaker Jewell Jones trying to wield his political influence, even threatening to call Governor Gretchen, as state troopers try to arrest him after an alleged drunken crash.
"I'll call Governor Whitmer right now," the 26-year-old Democrat from suburban Detroit is heard saying on the video. He added, "When I call Gretchen, I'll need y'all IDs and badge numbers, everything," and later said, "If you abuse me, I'm going to get upset. I'm going to tell Gretchen . . . and I'm going to get you all on desk duty, bro. I'm telling you."
Jones' apparent attempts to leverage his political influence didn't stop at threatening to call the Democrat governor. "It's not going to be good for you, I'm telling you," he told two troopers as struggled to handcuff him on the ground. "I run you all's budget, bro."
The state lawmaker accused police of harassing him all the time and abusing him because he's black. "You all don't know who you all dealing with, bro," he said.
Later, when he was handcuffed and sitting in the back of a police vehicle, Jones told a trooper to call (Michigan State Police director) Joe Gasper. "Tell Joe who you got and call f**king Joe," he said. "I'm not sure whether he's up or not. If he's not up, wake him up. Tell Joe who you have, tell Joe who you have handcuffed, OK? . . . Let him know that I would like to go home. After that, let me go f**king home."
"I can give you my address," he said. "You can drop me off at the crib."
"But a lawyer for Jones, who was Tasered twice and hit with pepper stray while allegedly resisting arrest, told NBC News that his client was "fully cooperative" with troopers..."
Continued - 'I'm going to tell Gretchen': Michigan lawmaker threatens to call governor, punish police for busting him after drunken crash
Video of incident also at link.
Not very becoming of a lawmaker if you ask me. I mean, really. Purposefully endangering lives on muh roads not withstanding.
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